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Assess the public health threat posed by the invasive malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi expanding into urban centers across Africa.

May 7, 2019Socio-Environmental Systems ModelingOpen Access

Increased Threat of Urban Malaria from Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes, Africa

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Assess the public health threat posed by the invasive malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi expanding into urban centers across Africa.
Monitored the geographic emergence and vector invasion of Anopheles stephensi across urban habitats in Djibouti and Ethiopia.
Evaluated the epidemic potential and expansion pathways of vector-borne malaria transmission in African urban environments.
Confirmed the establishment of the invasive urban vector Anopheles stephensi in both Djibouti and Ethiopia.
Identified significant risk of severe urban malaria epidemics expanding across additional African regions without rapid vector control.

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Surveillance report reveals invasion of the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi across urban Horn of Africa, highlighting an urgent need to prevent catastrophic urban epidemics.

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Takken et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9ef381e056b05edee99a05 https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2507.190301

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Surveillance report reveals invasion of the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi across urban Horn of Africa, highlighting an urgent need to prevent catastrophic urban epidemics.

Increased Threat of Urban Malaria from Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes, Africa

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Increased Threat of Urban Malaria from Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes, Africa

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