{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Mapua SA"],"funding":["Howard Hughes Medical Institute","Medical Research Council","Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation"],"pagination":["261"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11181546"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["17(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Background
Malaria transmission in Tanzania is driven by mosquitoes of the Anopheles gambiae complex and Anopheles funestus group. The latter includes An. funestus s.s., an anthropophilic vector, which is now strongly resistant to public health insecticides, and several sibling species, which remain largely understudied despite their potential as secondary vectors. This paper provides the initial results of a cross-country study of the species composition, distribution and malaria transmission potential of members of the Anopheles funestus group in Tanzania.Methods
Mosquitoes were collected inside homes in 12 regions across Tanzania between 2018 and 2022 using Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) light traps and Prokopack aspirators. Polymerase chain reaction (P"],"journal":["Parasites & vectors"],"pubmed_title":["Entomological survey of sibling species in the Anopheles funestus group in Tanzania confirms the role of Anopheles parensis as a secondary malaria vector."],"pmcid":["PMC11181546"],"funding_grant_id":["OPP1099295","MR/T008873/1","INV-002138"],"pubmed_authors":["Kahamba NF","Odero JO","Govella NJ","Mkandawile G","Samb B","Hape EE","Mapua SA","Tripet F","Nambunga IH","Masalu JP","Okumu FO","Bwanaly H","Kaindoa EW"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Entomological survey of sibling species in the Anopheles funestus group in Tanzania confirms the role of Anopheles parensis as a secondary malaria vector.","description":"Background
Malaria transmission in Tanzania is driven by mosquitoes of the Anopheles gambiae complex and Anopheles funestus group. The latter includes An. funestus s.s., an anthropophilic vector, which is now strongly resistant to public health insecticides, and several sibling species, which remain largely understudied despite their potential as secondary vectors. This paper provides the initial results of a cross-country study of the species composition, distribution and malaria transmission potential of members of the Anopheles funestus group in Tanzania.Methods
Mosquitoes were collected inside homes in 12 regions across Tanzania between 2018 and 2022 using Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) light traps and Prokopack aspirators. Polymerase chain reaction (P","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Jun","modification":"2026-06-04T05:52:33.703Z","creation":"2025-04-20T02:16:27.989Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11181546","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38886827"],"doi":["10.1186/s13071-024-06348-9"]}}