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Diversity, resistance and vector competence of endophilic anophelines from southern Ghana

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: Background: As part of efforts to monitor the impact of vector control strategies so that they can be improved and more targeted, we collected baseline data on aspects of the bionomics of endophilic anophelines in southern Ghana. Materials and Methods: circumsporozoite proteins determined by ELISA. Results: . Conclusions: These findings suggest that the three major vectors of malaria are present in all ecological zones of southern Ghana and contribute to disease transmission. The near fixation of the L1014F mutation in southern Ghana poses a great threat to vector control, thus highlighting the urgent need to implement measures to maintain the efficacy of current control tools and to develop novel control strategies.

Source: PubMed Central

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10876350

Authors: Osae, Michael, Kwawukume, Alessi, Wilson, Michael, Wilson, David, Koekemoer, Lizette L.

Institutions: University of Ghana, University of the Witwatersrand, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research

Language: English

Topic: Malaria Research and Control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4398761382

FWCI: 0.357

Cites: 30

Cited by: 1

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