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| Title |
First record of Anopheles stephensi in Sri Lanka: a potential challenge for prevention of malaria reintroduction
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| Published in |
Malaria Journal, August 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12936-017-1977-7 |
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| Authors |
A. G. Gayan Dharmasiri, A. Yashan Perera, Jeevanie Harishchandra, Hemantha Herath, Kandasamy Aravindan, H. T. R. Jayasooriya, Gaya R. Ranawaka, Mihirini Hewavitharane |
| Abstract |
The major malaria vector in Sri Lanka is reported to be Anopheles culicifacies with Anopheles subpictus, Anopheles annularis, and Anopheles varuna considered as potential vectors. The occurrence of Anopheles stephensi, which is the key vector of urban malaria in India and the Middle East, had never been reported from Sri Lanka. A series of entomological investigations were carried out by the Anti Malaria Campaign, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka during December 2016 to April 2017 in two localities of the Mannar District in the Northern Province of the country. Adult mosquito collections were done through indoor and outdoor resting collections, animal and human biting collections and emergence traps. Potential mosquito breeding sites were investigated through larval surveys. The larvae and adults of An. stephensi were initially identified using morphological keys, and subsequently confirmed by sequencing the barcode region of the cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene. This is the first report of the presence of An. stephensi in the island of Mannar in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Anopheles stephensi (36.65%) was the most abundant anopheline species in the larval habitats in Mannar. It was found breeding together with An. culicifacies (20.7%), An. subpictus (13.5%) and An. varuna (28.13%). Anopheles stephensi was found to be abundantly breeding in built wells used for domestic purposes. Adult females of An. stephensi were observed in emergence trap collections (93.9%), human landing catches all night (79.2%), pyrethrum spray sheet collections (38.6%), outdoor collections (8.3%), donkey-baited trap collections (14.3), and cattle-baited net trap collections (0.7%). Sri Lanka was certified as malaria-free by the WHO in September 2016, however, this new finding may pose a serious challenge to the efforts of the Ministry of Health to prevent the re-introduction of malaria transmission in the country, considering the role that An. stephensi could play in urban and high vulnerability areas of Sri Lanka. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 2 | 22% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 5 | 56% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 67% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 22% |
| Scientists | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 97 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 97 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 19 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 15 | 15% |
| Unknown | 23 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 26 | 27% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 12% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 7 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 9% |
| Unknown | 30 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 20. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 November 2023.
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