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Geographical distributions of African malaria vector sibling species and evidence for insecticide resistance

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Wiebe, Antoinette, Longbottom, Joshua, Gleave, Katherine, Shearer, Freya M., Sinka, Marianne E., Massey, N. Claire, Cameron, Ewan, Bhatt, Samir +5 more·2017·Malaria Journal
DOI 10.1186/s12936-017-1734-yPMC PMC5319841
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BACKGROUND: Many of the mosquito species responsible for malaria transmission belong to a sibling complex; a taxonomic group of morphologically identical, closely related species. Sibling species often differ in several important factors that have the potential to impact malaria control, including their geographical distribution, resistance to insecticides, biting and resting locations, and host preference. The aim of this study was to define the geographical distributions of dominant malaria vector sibling species in Africa so these distributions can be coupled with data on key factors such as insecticide resistance to aid more focussed, species-selective vector control. RESULTS: Within the Anopheles gambiae species complex and the Anopheles funestus subgroup, predicted geographical distributions for Anopheles coluzzii, An. gambiae (as now defined) and An. funestus (distinct from the subgroup) have been produced for the first time. Improved predicted geographical distributions for Anopheles arabiensis, Anopheles melas and Anopheles merus have been generated based on records that were confirmed using molecular identification methods and a model that addresses issues of sampling bias and past changes to the environment. The data available for insecticide resistance has been evaluated and differences between sibling species are apparent although further analysis is required to elucidate trends in resistance. CONCLUSIONS: Sibling species display important variability in their geographical distributions and the most important malaria vector sibling species in Africa have been mapped here for the first time. This will allow geographical occurrence data to be coupled with species-specific data on important factors for vector control including insecticide resistance. Species-specific data on insecticide resistance is available for the most important malaria vectors in Africa, namely An. arabiensis, An. coluzzii, An. gambiae and An. funestus. Future work to combine these data with the geographical distributions mapped here will allow more focussed and resource-efficient vector control and provide information to greatly improve and inform existing malaria transmission models.

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Wiebe, A., Longbottom, J., Gleave, K., Shearer, F. M., Sinka, M. E., Massey, N. C., Cameron, E., Bhatt, S., Gething, P. W., Hemingway, J., Smith, D. L., Coleman, M., & Moyes, C. L.
Affiliations
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (GB)
  • St Mary's Hospital (GB)
  • University of Washington (US)
Corresponding author
Moyes, Catherine L.
ORCID
Venue
Malaria Journal
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2017-02-20
Volume
16
Issue
1
Pages
85-85
ISSN
1475-2875 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1186/s12936-017-1734-y
PMC
PMC5319841
OpenAlex
W2591407193
Cited by
160
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6
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FWCI
15.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Malaria Journal (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • LSTM Online Archive (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) (acceptedVersion)
  • LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (acceptedVersion)
  • Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Spiral (Imperial College London) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
Wellcome Trust (108440/Z/15/Z)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Malaria Research and Control
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Vector-borne infectious diseases
Keywords
malaria vectors, cryptic species, geographic distribution, insecticide resistance, Anopheles gambiae species complex, Anopheles funestus, Anopheles coluzzii, Anopheles arabiensis, Anopheles melas, Anopheles merus, malaria transmission model, Africa
MeSH terms
Mosquito Vectors, Africa, Animals, Anopheles, Insecticide Resistance, Phylogeography

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