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A new malaria vector in Africa: Predicting the expansion range of Anopheles stephensi and identifying the urban populations at risk.

Published on 07/05/2024 |  PubMed  | Sinka M E et al. | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2020 Oct; 117(40): 24900-24908 2 min.

In 2012, an unusual outbreak of urban malaria was reported from Djibouti City in the Horn of Africa and increasingly severe outbreaks have been reported annually ever since. Subsequent investigations discovered the presence of an Asian mosquito species; Anopheles stephensi, a species known to thrive...