A geo-coded inventory of anophelines in the Afrotropical Region south of the Sahara: 1898-2016.

ABSTRACT: Background: Understanding the distribution of anopheline vectors of malaria is an important prelude to the design of national malaria control and elimination programmes. A single, geo-coded continental inventory of anophelines using all available published and unpublished data has not been undertaken since the 1960s. Methods: We have searched African, European and World Health Organization archives to identify unpublished reports on anopheline surveys in 48 sub-Saharan Africa countries. This search was supplemented by identification of reports that formed part of post-graduate theses, conference abstracts, regional insecticide resistance databases and more traditional bibliographic searches of peer-reviewed literature. Finally, a check was made against two recent repositories

SUBMITTER: Kyalo D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5558104 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature