While significant advances have been made in understanding Plasmodium falciparum
gametocyte biology and its relationship with malaria parasite transmission, the gametocyte sex …

INTRODUCTION Control of mosquito vectors has historically proven to be an effective
means of eliminating malaria. Human malaria is transmitted only by mosquitoes in the genus …

… The urban agriculture site is in the capital city, N'djamena (N 12 06', E 15 02'). The
average annual rainfall is 400 mm but the location of the site on the river Chari permits year-round …

To obtain information on adult populations of Afrotropical malaria vector mosquitoes, mark‐release‐recapture
experiments were performed with Anopheles females collected from …

Malaria control is dependent on insecticides. Increases in prevalence of insecticide resistance
in malaria vectors across Africa are well-documented. However, few attempts have been …

… Collections in most villages yielded our target of twenty dissected female An. gambiae sl.(…
a northern (LAT>1230'N), and a southern (LAT<1230'N) stratum, whose boundary corresponds …

The symbiotic relationship between Asaia, an α-proteobacterium belonging to the family
Acetobacteriaceae, and mosquitoes has been studied mainly in the Asian malaria vector …

Background Anopheles funestus is one of the primary vectors of human malaria, which causes
a million deaths each year in sub-Saharan Africa. Few scientific resources are available …

Population subgroups of the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae have not been
comprehensively characterized owing to the lack of unbiased sampling methods. In the arid …

A critical stage in malaria transmission occurs in the Anopheles mosquito midgut, when the
malaria parasite, Plasmodium, ingested with blood, first makes contact with the gut epithelial …