Notes on the Bionomics of <i>Anopheles sacharovi</i> in Persia and Iraq

Etherington, Dan M.; Sellick, Gabrielle S.

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“…A typical habitat would be an area of swamp or marsh [265,279,282], but larvae are also found at margins of rivers, streams and springs [281,282], seepages [281], wadis [286], pools and ditches [265,287]. It is associated with rice cultivation and other irrigated areas, specifically where irrigation channels are poorly constructed causing leakage, creating boggy areas or standing water [89,230,277,279,282,284,288,289]. Despite its apparent adaptability, An.…”

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The dominant Anopheles vectors of human malaria in Africa, Europe and the Middle East: occurrence data, distribution maps and bionomic précis

Bangs²,

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BackgroundThis is the second in a series of three articles documenting the geographical distribution of 41 dominant vector species (DVS) of human malaria. The first paper addressed the DVS of the Americas and the third will consider those of the Asian Pacific Region. Here, the DVS of Africa, Europe and the Middle East are discussed. The continent of Africa experiences the bulk of the global malaria burden due in part to the presence of the An. gambiae complex. Anopheles gambiae is one of four DVS within the An. gambiae complex, the others being An. arabiensis and the coastal An. merus and An. melas. There are a further three, highly anthropophilic DVS in Africa, An. funestus, An. moucheti and An. nili. Conversely, across Europe and the Middle East, malaria transmission is low and frequently absent, despite the presence of six DVS. To help control malaria in Africa and the Middle East, or to identify the risk of its re-emergence in Europe, the contemporary distribution and bionomics of the relevant DVS are needed.ResultsA contemporary database of occurrence data, compiled from the formal literature and other relevant resources, resulted in the collation of information for seven DVS from 44 countries in Africa containing 4234 geo-referenced, independent sites. In Europe and the Middle East, six DVS were identified from 2784 geo-referenced sites across 49 countries. These occurrence data were combined with expert opinion ranges and a suite of environmental and climatic variables of relevance to anopheline ecology to produce predictive distribution maps using the Boosted Regression Tree (BRT) method.ConclusionsThe predicted geographic extent for the following DVS (or species/suspected species complex*) is provided for Africa: Anopheles (Cellia) arabiensis, An. (Cel.) funestus*, An. (Cel.) gambiae, An. (Cel.) melas, An. (Cel.) merus, An. (Cel.) moucheti and An. (Cel.) nili*, and in the European and Middle Eastern Region: An. (Anopheles) atroparvus, An. (Ano.) labranchiae, An. (Ano.) messeae, An. (Ano.) sacharovi, An. (Cel.) sergentii and An. (Cel.) superpictus*. These maps are presented alongside a bionomics summary for each species relevant to its control.

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“…Anopheles sacharovi is principally described as endophilic [89,230,284]. Its choice of resting location (and, arguably, for all species) is most likely driven by the need to find the most suitable microclimate for increased survival [289].…”

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The dominant Anopheles vectors of human malaria in Africa, Europe and the Middle East: occurrence data, distribution maps and bionomic précis

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“…sacharovi are quite diverse. They include fresh or brackish waters where horizontal vegetation is present, including puddles, ditches with standing water, rice fields, irrigation canals, boggy areas, the margins of ponds and lakes, seepage, coastal marshes and lagoons (Etherington & Sellick, 1946; Abdel‐Malek, 1958; Bruce‐Chwatt & de Zulueta, 1980; Kasap, 1990; WHO, 1990; Jetten & Takken, 1994; Alten et al ., 2000). Linton et al .…”

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“…Anopheles sacharovi has been recorded from Armenia (Romi et al ., 2002), Iran (Etherington & Sellick, 1946; Shahgudian, 1960; Manouchehri et al ., 1974; Glick, 1992; Yaghoobi‐Ershadi et al ., 2001; present study); Iraq (Pringle, 1954; Abul‐Hab, 1958; Abul‐Hab, 1969; Glick, 1992), Israel (Pener & Kitron, 1985; Glick, 1992), northern Jordan (Farid, 1954; Glick, 1992; Amr et al ., 1997), coastal Lebanon (Sautet, 1941; Berberian, 1946; Gramiccia, 1953; Pener & Kitron, 1985; Glick, 1992) and Syria (Sautet, 1941; Berberian, 1946; Abdel‐Malek, 1958; Glick, 1992).…”

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Morphological and molecular characterization of Anopheles (Anopheles) sacharovi Favre, a primary vector of malaria in the Middle East

Sedaghat

Linton

Nicolescu

et al. 2003

Systematic Entomology

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Abstract. Combined morphological and molecular studies were conducted on Anopheles (Anopheles) sacharovi Favre, an important malaria vector of the Palaearctic Maculipennis Complex. Specimens collected in Greece and Iran were identified on the basis of morphology and confirmed by correlation of their nuclear internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) rDNA sequences with those available in GenBank. The progeny of females collected in Greece were used for detailed morphological study. The morphology of the adults, pupa, fourth-instar larva and egg are described and distinguished from those of An. maculipennis, the nominotypical member of the Maculipennis Complex. In addition to sequence data for the nuclear ITS2 region, partial sequence data are provided for the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene. The taxonomy, systematics, bionomics and distribution of the species are reviewed. This work provides the first fully integrated assessment of An. sacharovi as a basis for comparative studies of the Maculipennis Complex.

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“…maculipennis and An. sacharovi from Iran and Iraq and the distribution of the two species in central and northern areas of Iran (4). Anopheles maculipennis s.l.…”

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Molecular Characterization of Anopheles sacharovi Based on Sequences of ITS2-rDNA Region and COI Gene in North of Iran

Gholami

Bakhshi

Moosa-Kazemi

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Background: Malaria is an important mosquito-borne disease considered as one of the public health concerns across many countries. Anopheles mosquitoes are the main vectors of Plasmodium parasites, which cause malaria. Some of these vectors such as Anopheles maculipennis s.l. and Anopheles sacharovi are considered as complex of sibling species distributed in north of Iran. Methods: This study was conducted in north and northwest of Iran including East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, Ardabil, Golestan and North Khorasan provinces with emphasis on the northern borders of the country during 2015–2016. Adult specimens were collected and subjected to morphological identification as well as molecular analysis. Results: Overall, 10405 mosquitoes were collected comprising 21 species. Culex pipiens and Cx. theileri were found as the most frequent species in whole study area. Morphological identification showed that out of 1455 female Anopheles specimens, 77% belonged to An. maculipennis Group. Out of the identified species, ITS2 region and COI gene sequences of 8 An. maculipennis s.s. and 31 An. sacharovi representing all provinces were obtained and submitted to GenBank. The COI sequences for An. sacharovi revealed the presence of 9 haplotypes with similarity of 98.17–100%. Conclusion: Some investigations have reported An. martinius as a member of sibling species of An. sacharovi among Iranian Anopheles genus; while based on our study, there was no evidence of the presence of this species in north and northwest of Iran.

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Notes on the Bionomics of Anopheles sacharovi in Persia and Iraq

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The dominant Anopheles vectors of human malaria in Africa, Europe and the Middle East: occurrence data, distribution maps and bionomic précis

The dominant Anopheles vectors of human malaria in Africa, Europe and the Middle East: occurrence data, distribution maps and bionomic précis

Morphological and molecular characterization of Anopheles (Anopheles) sacharovi Favre, a primary vector of malaria in the Middle East

Molecular Characterization of Anopheles sacharovi Based on Sequences of ITS2-rDNA Region and COI Gene in North of Iran

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