Investigation on potential malaria vectors (Anopheles spp.) in the Province of Trento, Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Europe and Italy were declared malaria free since the 1970s although the presence of competent vectors and the high number of yearly imported malaria cases make this disease a potential rising health issue. In September 2017, a cryptic fatal case of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Province of Trento, Italy, raised the concern of health authorities on the possible resurgence of this disease in the Mediterranean Basin.

Methods

An entomological surveillance by means of BG traps, CDC light traps and larval search was performed. Sites were chosen among urban and suburban environments (e.g. private houses, public parks, schools, cemeteries, ecotone urban/forest, farms), ranging from an altitude of 91 to 1332 m above sea level. All the mosquitoes collected were morp

SUBMITTER: Tagliapietra V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6489321 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature