2019
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00053
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Anthropogenic Factors Driving Recent Range Expansion of the Malaria Vector Anopheles stephensi

Abstract: The malaria vector Anopheles stephensi is found in wide tracts of Asia and the Middle East. The discovery of its presence for the first time in the island of Sri Lanka in 2017, poses a threat of malaria resurgence in a country which had eliminated the disease in 2013. Morphological and genetic characterization showed that the efficient Indian urban vector form An. stephensi sensu stricto or type form, has recently expanded its range to Jaffna and Mannar in northern Sri Lanka that are in proximity to Tamil Nadu… Show more

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“…Anopheles stephensi (sensu stricto) (type-form), the potent urban vector of malaria in India, was first detected in Sri Lanka in 2017 [13,14]. The expansion of its range to Sri Lanka occurred after its spread to South India as well as Djibouti, Ethiopia and the Sudan in Northeast Africa [15,16]. This range expansion was attributed to human migration [15] as well as the adaptation of An.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Anopheles stephensi (sensu stricto) (type-form), the potent urban vector of malaria in India, was first detected in Sri Lanka in 2017 [13,14]. The expansion of its range to Sri Lanka occurred after its spread to South India as well as Djibouti, Ethiopia and the Sudan in Northeast Africa [15,16]. This range expansion was attributed to human migration [15] as well as the adaptation of An.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The expansion of its range to Sri Lanka occurred after its spread to South India as well as Djibouti, Ethiopia and the Sudan in Northeast Africa [15,16]. This range expansion was attributed to human migration [15] as well as the adaptation of An. stephensi to develop in cement wells and water storage tanks associated with human dwellings, a process exemplifying what was previously termed as the anthropogenically-induced adaptation to invade in mosquito vectors [17].…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…An. stephensi predominantly breeds in urban settings with a preference for human-made water storage containers [11]. Recent reports indicate that An.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%