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Sci Rep
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Burke, Ashley ; Dandalo, Leonard ; Munhenga, Givemore ; Dahan-Moss, Yael ; Mbokazi, Frans ; ... More +
Burke, Ashley ; Dandalo, Leonard ; Munhenga, Givemore ; Dahan-Moss, Yael ; Mbokazi, Frans ; Ngxongo, Sifiso ; Coetzee, Maureen ; Koekemoer, Lizette ; Brooke, Basil Less -
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South Africa aims to eliminate malaria within its borders by 2018. Despite well-coordinated provincial vector control programmes that are based on indoor residual insecticide spraying, low-level residual malaria transmission continues in the low-altitude border regions of the north-eastern sector of the country. In order to identify the underlying causes of residual transmission, an enhanced vector surveillance system has been implemented at selected sites in the Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) provinces. The collection periods for the data presented are March 2015 to April 2016 for Mpumalanga and January 2014 to December 2015 for KZN. The mosquito collection methods used included indoor and outdoor traps based on the use of traditional ceramic pots, modified plastic buckets and exit window traps (KZN only). All Anopheles funestus species group mosquitoes collected were identified to species and all females were screened for the presence of Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites. Two An. vaneedeni females, one from each surveillance site, tested positive for P. falciparum sporozoites. These are the first records of natural populations of An. vaneedeni being infective with P. falciparum. As both specimens were collected from outdoor-placed ceramic pots, these data show that An. vaneedeni likely contributes to residual malaria transmission in South Africa.
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Animals Anopheles DNA, Ribosomal Spacer Female Geography Humans Malaria, Falciparum Male Mosquito Control Mosquito Vectors Plasmodium Falciparum RNA, Protozoan Species Specificity Sporozoites
Source:
Sci Rep. 2017; 7.
Pubmed ID:
28262811
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5338325
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
U19 GH000622/GH/CGH CDC HHS/United States
Place as Subject:
South Africa
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CDC Public Access
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/45205/cdc_45205_DS1.pdf
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