First record of the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi and its possible role in the resurgence of malaria in Djibouti, Horn of Africa

Acta Tropica

Volumn 139, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-43

  Faulde, Michael K ^a,b   Rueda, Leopoldo M ^c   Khaireh, Bouh A ^d  

^a BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Clinical Research Djiboutian Armed Forces Health Service ^*  (Djibouti)

Author keywords

Anopheles stephensi; Djibouti; Invasive species; Outbreak; Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANTIGEN; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MALARIA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; DNA; URBAN AREA;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE I GENE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DJIBOUTI; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPOROZOITE; URBAN AREA; AFRICA; COI GENE; DNA BARCODING; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEALTH HAZARD; ITS2 GENE; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY;

ARABIAN SEA; DJIBOUTI [EAST AFRICA]; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DJIBOUTI; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MALE;

EID: 84904472053     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.06.016     Document Type: Article

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