The effect of multiple blood-feeding on the longevity and insecticide resistant phenotype in the major malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae)

SV Oliver, BD Brooke - Parasites & vectors, 2014 - Springer
Background Anopheles arabiensis is a major malaria vector in Africa. Adult females are
likely to imbibe multiple blood meals during their lifetime. This results in regular exposure to …

Eilat virus displays a narrow mosquito vector range

F Nasar, AD Haddow, RB Tesh, SC Weaver - Parasites & vectors, 2014 - Springer
Background Most alphaviruses are arthropod-borne and utilize mosquitoes as vectors for
transmission to susceptible vertebrate hosts. This ability to infect both mosquitoes and …

First report of an exophilic Anopheles arabiensis population in Bissau City, Guinea-Bissau: recent introduction or sampling bias?

V Gordicho, JL Vicente, CA Sousa, B Caputo, M Pombi… - Malaria journal, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background The malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis exhibits greater behavioural
and ecological plasticity than the other major vectors of the Anopheles gambiae complex …

Ecological succession and its impact on malaria vectors and their predators in borrow pits in western Ethiopia

AE Kiszewski, Z Teffera, M Wondafrash… - Journal of Vector …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Soil pits excavated for home construction are important larval habitats for malaria vectors in
certain parts of Africa. Borrow pits in diverse stages of ecological succession in a maize …

[PDF][PDF] Blood meal sources and sporozoite rates of Anophelines in Gilgel-Gibe dam area, Southwestern Ethiopia

D Yewhalaw, M Kelel, E Getu, S Temam… - African Journal of …, 2014 - researchgate.net
About 520 anopheline mosquitoes were collected from village houses and natural breeding
sites in the Gilgele gibe dam area along side with potential hosts in the area to detect blood …

Development of a gravid mosquito trap for surveillance of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae sl Giles (Diptera: Culicidae)

SD Lemma - 2014 - erepository.uonbi.ac.ke
This study was intended to develop a trap for surveillance of gravid malaria vectors,
Anopheles gambiae sl, in outdoor venue. First, a suite of tools were developed for studying …