The role of Anopheles merus in malaria transmission in an area of southern Mozambique.
Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: occur widely in Mozambique1–5. It has been impli-cated in malaria transmission in Kenya, Tanzania and Madagascar6–9 but its role in malaria transmission in Mozambique has not previously been reported. During February 2000, some parts of the southern Mozambique received exceptionally high rainfall, the highest observed over a period of 50 years. This resulted in flooding in most of the river basins and low-land areas. During a four day period, the study village Boane received more than half the normal rainfall for a year. Before the flooding, both An. merus and An. arabiensis were collected in Boane, resting indoors and in human bait collections, between December 1995 and March 1996, with rela-tive proportions of 85:443 and in indoor-resting col-lections between January and February 1998 with relative proportions of 75:202. Mnzava et al4 ob-served a higher frequency of human blood index in An. merus in the Maputo area. The exceptional abun-dance of An. merus, together with the observations by the previous author4 lead to suggestions that this species may be an important malaria vector in the area. Therefore, mosquito collections were per-formed during 2000 in order to determine the role of An. merus in malaria transmission in Boane, south-ern Mozambique. Mosquito collections took place in the environs of
Source: PubMed
Authors: Nelson Cuamba, Chandana Mendis
Institutions: Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Ministry of Health
Language: English
Topic: Malaria Research and Control
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2104107797