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    The Anopheles gambiae complex consists of at least seven morphologically indistinguishable species of mosquitoes in the genus Anopheles. The complex was...
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    cause malaria in birds, reptiles, and mammals, including humans. The Anopheles gambiae mosquito is the best-known species of marsh mosquito that transmits...
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  • Flavobacteriaceae family. E. anophelis was first isolated from the midgut of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. It is one of several potentially pathogenic species in...
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    H. (June 2004). "Flight performance of the malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles atroparvus" (PDF). Journal of Vector Ecology. 29 (1): 140–153...
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    Anopheles stephensi is a primary mosquito vector of malaria in urban India and is included in the same subgenus as Anopheles gambiae, the primary malaria...
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    instance, in 2006, a study showing that one of the malaria mosquitoes (Anopheles gambiae) is attracted equally to the smell of Limburger cheese and the smell...
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    against the mosquito vectors Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus which carry malaria. Because the Anopheles gambiae feeds indoors (endophagic) and...
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    problem of nontransmission of malaria by Anopheles gambiae was solved by Falleroni, who recognised that An. gambiae was a complex of six species, of which...
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  • disease vectors. One of his discoveries, in 1930, was the arrival of Anopheles gambiae, the mosquito that carries malaria, into the New World. On his death...
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    type of infectious pathogen. In mosquitoes, the silencing of the Anopheles gambiae Dscam (AgDscam) disables its capacity to fight Plasmodium. The specificity...
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    female Anopheles mosquito. Out of about 460 species of Anopheles mosquito, more than 70 species transmit falciparum malaria. Anopheles gambiae is one...
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  • identified as a key immunity gene in 2001 through functional studies on Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. TEP1 is an antimicrobial protein which acts in a system...
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    entomologist Raymond Corbett Shannon discovered imported disease-bearing Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes living in Brazil (DNA analysis later revealed the actual...
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    pyrethroid insecticides in control of malarial vectors, particularly Anopheles gambiae, and whilst being the most employed pyrethroid insecticide, can be...
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    used for the protection against the malaria transmitting vector, Anopheles gambiae. The first record of malaria-like symptoms occurred as early as 2700...
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    Hamm DM, Scott JA, Collins FH (1994). "Molecular phylogeny of the Anopheles gambiae complex suggests genetic introgression between principal malaria vectors"...
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    mosquito species to have its genome sequenced in full (the first was Anopheles gambiae). The published data included the 1.38 billion base pairs containing...
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    one of the ingredients. A study showing that the malaria mosquito (Anopheles gambiae) is attracted equally to the smell of Limburger and to the smell of...
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    carrying insects. It is believed by some researchers that the larvae of Anopheles gambiae (important vectors of malaria) can survive for several days on moist...
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  • sequences were completed for indica rice and for the malaria carriers anopheles gambiae and plasmodium falciparum.: 456–457  Scientists at the San Diego Zoo...
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    insecticide-resistant mutation arose in Anopheles gambiae African mosquitoes. Migration of some A. gambiae mosquitoes to a population of Anopheles coluzziin mosquitoes resulted...
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  • gambiae is most commonly is used as a short name for: Anopheles gambiae It is a Latin word meaning "of The Gambia". It is also the specific epithet of...
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    research. With the sequencing of P. falciparum, one of its vectors Anopheles gambiae, and the human genome, the genetics of all three organisms in the...
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    The tube-like heart (green) of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae extends horizontally across the body, interlinked with the diamond-shaped wing muscles (also...
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    The tube-like heart (green) of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae extends horizontally across the body, interlinked with the diamond-shaped wing muscles (also...
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  • needed] The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, carried by the Anopheles gambiae mosquito, changes its host's attraction to sources of nectar in order...
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    'evolution-proof' malaria-control method. Microsporidian infection of Anopheles gambiae (the principal vector of Plasmodium falciparum malaria) reduces malarial...
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    Complex Inversion Breakpoints and Investigating Somatic Pairing in the Anopheles gambiae Species Complex Using Proximity-Ligation Sequencing". Genetics. 213...
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    Efficacy of bifenthrin-impregnated bednets against Anopheles funestus and pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles gambiae in North Cameroon [6], Extension Toxicology...
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    eradication of several species of mosquito, including malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Wilson stated, "I'm talking about a very small number of species...
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