Mosquito community composition in South Africa and some neighboring countries.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:A century of studies have described particular aspects of relatively few mosquito species in southern Africa, mostly those species involved with disease transmission, specifically malaria and arboviruses. Patterns of community composition such as mosquito abundance and species diversity are often useful measures for medical entomologists to guide broader insights and projections regarding disease dynamics and potential introduction, spread or maintenance of globally spreading pathogens. However, little research has addressed these indicators in southern Africa. RESULTS:We collected 7882 mosquitoes from net and light traps at 11 localities comprising 66 species in 8 genera. We collected an additional 8 species using supplementary collection techniques such as larval sampling, swe

SUBMITTER: Cornel AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5984792 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature