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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
A global map of dominant malaria vectors
Parasites and Vectors, Volume 5, No. 1, Article 69, Year 2012
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Background: Global maps, in particular those based on vector distributions, have long been used to help visualise the global extent of malaria. Few, however, have been created with the support of a comprehensive and extensive evidence-based approach. Methods. Here we describe the generation of a global map of the dominant vector species (DVS) of malaria that makes use of predicted distribution maps for individual species or species complexes. Results: Our global map highlights the spatial variability in the complexity of the vector situation. In Africa, An. gambiae, An. arabiensis and An. funestus are co-dominant across much of the continent, whereas in the Asian-Pacific region there is a highly complex situation with multi-species coexistence and variable species dominance. Conclusions: The competence of the mapping methodology to accurately portray DVS distributions is discussed. The comprehensive and contemporary database of species-specific spatial occurrence (currently available on request) will be made directly available via the Malaria Atlas Project (MAP) website from early 2012. © 2012 Sinka et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Sinka, Marianne E.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Bangs, Michael John
Indonesia, Jakarta
Pt Freeport Indonesia
Manguin, Sylvie
France, Montpellier
Ird Centre de Montpellier
Rubio-Palis, Yasmin
Venezuela, Valencia
Universidad de Carabobo
Venezuela, Caracas
Ministerio Del Poder Popular Para la Salud
Chareonviriyaphap, Theeraphap
Thailand, Bangkok
Kasetsart University
South Africa, Johannesburg
National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Coetzee, Maureen
South Africa, Johannesburg
School of Pathology
Mbogo, Charles Mwaniki
Kenya, Nairobi
Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories Nairobi
Hemingway, Janet
United Kingdom, Liverpool
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Patil, Anand Prabhakar
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Temperley, William H.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Gething, Peter W.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Kabaria, Caroline W.
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Burkot, Thomas R.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Harbach, Ralph E.
United Kingdom, London
The Natural History Museum, London
Hay, Simon I.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
United States, Bethesda
National Institutes of Health Nih
Statistics
Citations: 15
Authors: 15
Affiliations: 14
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1756-3305-5-69
e-ISSN:
17563305
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases