Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, achievable, and necessary

RGA Feachem, I Chen, O Akbari, A Bertozzi-Villa… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Executive summary 50 years after a noble but flawed attempt to eradicate malaria in the mid-
20th century, the global malaria community is once again seriously considering eradication …

Anopheles stephensi in Africa requires a more integrated response

A Mnzava, AC Monroe, F Okumu - Malaria journal, 2022 - Springer
There are increasing reports of the Asian malaria mosquito, Anopheles stephensi invading
and spreading in Eastern Africa. We discuss the importance of these invasions in the context …

Evidence for a role of Anopheles stephensi in the spread of drug- and diagnosis-resistant malaria in Africa

T Emiru, D Getachew, M Murphy, L Sedda, LA Ejigu… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Anopheles stephensi, an Asian malaria vector, continues to expand across Africa. The
vector is now firmly established in urban settings in the Horn of Africa. Its presence in areas …

A new malaria vector in Africa: Predicting the expansion range of Anopheles stephensi and identifying the urban populations at risk

ME Sinka, S Pironon, NC Massey… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
In 2012, an unusual outbreak of urban malaria was reported from Djibouti City in the Horn of
Africa and increasingly severe outbreaks have been reported annually ever since …

Key to the females of Afrotropical Anopheles mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)

M Coetzee - Malaria journal, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background In 1987, Gillies and Coetzee published a pictorial key for the
morphological identification of adult female mosquitoes. Since then, several new species of …

Urban malaria in sub-Saharan Africa: dynamic of the vectorial system and the entomological inoculation rate

P Doumbe-Belisse, E Kopya, CS Ngadjeu… - Malaria Journal, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa is registering one of the highest urban population growth
across the world. It is estimated that over 75% of the population in this region will be living in …

Temperature impacts the environmental suitability for malaria transmission by Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles stephensi

OC Villena, SJ Ryan, CC Murdock, LR Johnson - Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Extrinsic environmental factors influence the spatiotemporal dynamics of many organisms,
including insects that transmit the pathogens responsible for vector‐borne diseases (VBDs) …

Geographical distribution of Anopheles stephensi in eastern Ethiopia

M Balkew, P Mumba, D Dengela, G Yohannes… - Parasites & vectors, 2020 - Springer
Background The recent detection of the South Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in
Ethiopia and other regions in the Horn of Africa has raised concerns about its potential …

Invasive Anopheles stephensi in Africa: insights from Asia

R Taylor, LA Messenger, TA Abeku, SE Clarke… - Trends in …, 2024 - cell.com
Anopheles stephensi is a highly competent urban malaria vector species, endemic in South
Asia and the Persian Gulf, which has colonised eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) …

Emergence of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in Khartoum State, Central Sudan

A Ahmed, R Khogali, MAB Elnour, R Nakao, B Salim - Parasites & vectors, 2021 - Springer
The emergence of the Asian invasive malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi, has been
identified in Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan. This is the first report that confirms the …