Increased Threat of Urban Malaria from Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes, Africa

Malaria continues to be a major health threat in Africa, mainly in rural areas. Recently, the urban malaria vector Anopheles stephensi invaded Djibouti and Ethiopia, potentially spreading to other areas of Africa. Urgent action is needed to prevent urban malaria epidemics from emerging and causing a...

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Autores principales: Takken, Willlem, Lindsay, Steve
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6590739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31063455
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2507.190301
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spelling pubmed-65907392019-07-01 Increased Threat of Urban Malaria from Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes, Africa Takken, Willlem Lindsay, Steve Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Malaria continues to be a major health threat in Africa, mainly in rural areas. Recently, the urban malaria vector Anopheles stephensi invaded Djibouti and Ethiopia, potentially spreading to other areas of Africa. Urgent action is needed to prevent urban malaria epidemics from emerging and causing a public health disaster. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6590739/ /pubmed/31063455 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2507.190301 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title_fullStr Increased Threat of Urban Malaria from Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes, Africa
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title_short Increased Threat of Urban Malaria from Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes, Africa
title_sort increased threat of urban malaria from anopheles stephensi mosquitoes, africa
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6590739/
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