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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Estimating dispersal and survival of anopheles gambiae and anopheles funestus along the Kenyan coast by using mark-release-recapture methods
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 44, No. 6, Year 2007
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Description
Mark-release-recapture (MRR) experiments were conducted with emerging Anopheles gambiae s.l. and Anopheles funestus Giles at Jaribuni and Mtepeni in Kilifi, along the Kenyan Coast. Of 739 and 1,246 Anopheles released at Jaribuni and Mtepeni, 24.6 and 4.33% were recaptured, respectively. The daily survival probability was 0.96 for An. funestus and 0.95 for An. gambiae in Jaribuni and 0.83 and 0.95, respectively, in Mtepeni. The maximum flight distance recorded was 661 m. The high survival probability of An. gambiae and An. funestus estimated accounts for the continuous transmission of malaria along the Kenyan coast. This study also shows that the release of young, emergent female Anopheles improves the recapture rates and may be a better approach to MRR studies. © 2007 Entomological Society of America.
Authors & Co-Authors
Midega, Janet T.
Kenya, Kilifi
Centre for Geographic Medicine Research
Mbogo, Charles Mwaniki
Kenya, Kilifi
Centre for Geographic Medicine Research
Mwambi, Henry Godwell
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Wilson, Michael David
Ghana, Accra
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
Ojwang, Gordon
Kenya, Nairobi
National Drought Management Authority (ndma)
Mwangangi, Joseph M.
Kenya, Kilifi
Centre for Geographic Medicine Research
Nzovu, Joseph G.
Kenya, Kilifi
Centre for Geographic Medicine Research
Githure, John Ichamwenge
Kenya, Nairobi
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi
Yan, Guiyun Yun
United States, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
Beier, John C.
United States, Coral Gables
University of Miami
Statistics
Citations: 115
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[923:EDASOA]2.0.CO;2
ISSN:
00222585
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Participants Gender
Female