A global map of dominant malaria vectors
By Marianne E. Sinka, M. Bangs, S. Manguin, Y. Rubio-Palis, T. Chareonviriyaphap, M. Coetzee, C. Mbogo, J. Hemingway, Anand P. Patil, W. Temperley and 5 more. Parasites & Vectors, 2012
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BackgroundGlobal 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.MethodsHere 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.ResultsOur 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.ConclusionsThe 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.
Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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- The Phylogeny and Classification of Anopheles (2013, background): “Sinka and a team of regional experts and technical advisors ‒ the Americas [61], Africa, Europe and the Middle East [53], the Asia-Pacific Region [54] ‒ that culminated in a thorough review of the principal malaria vector taxa of the world [62].”