Anopheles species associated with malaria transmission in gold-mining areas of northwest Colombia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Colombia, mining is one of the main economic activities in four eco-epidemiological areas that contributes approximately 80% of annual malaria cases. Mining activity generates changes in the environment and creates newly available breeding sites to be colonized by malaria vector mosquitoes, which increases the risk of malaria transmission. The study aimed to identify the presence of Anopheles species and their role in malaria transmission in five malaria-endemic localities with gold mining extraction in El Bagre, Antioquia, Colombia.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted in five localities of El Bagre, Antioquia where adult mosquitoes were collected indoors and outdoors. The taxonomic status of the Anopheles species was confirmed through COI sequencing.

SUBMITTER: Rojas MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12403427 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature