| an overview of the malaria situation in zanzibar. | zanzibar is composed of two neighbouring islands with about a 1.1 million inhabitants in 2600 square kilometers. both islands are located off the northeastern coast of the tanzanian mainland. zanzibar is a typical malaria endemic area. about a third of all blood samples currently examined for malaria in zanzibar are positive to plasmodium falciparum. previous attempts failed to significantly improve the malaria situation in zanzibar due to administrative problems, antimalarial drug and ddt resis ... | 1997 | 9120045 |
| the role of four anopheline species (diptera: culicidae) in malaria transmission in coastal tanzania. | malaria is holoendemic in coastal tanzania with anopheles funestus and members of the a. gambiae complex being mainly responsible for transmission. over a 4 months' sampling period 2222 anopheline mosquitoes were collected using light-traps and indoor resting catches, of which 58.6% were a. gambiae, 7.6% a. arabiensis, 6.9% a. merus and 26.9% a. funestus. plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite antigen (csa) rates were: a. funestus 6.05% (n = 479), a. gambiae 8.4% (n = 1042), a. arabiensis 7.3% ( ... | 1998 | 9764318 |
| sibling species of the anopheles funestus group, and their infection with malaria and lymphatic filarial parasites, in archived and newly collected specimens from northeastern tanzania. | studies on the east african coast have shown a recent dramatic decline in malaria vector density and change in composition of sibling species of the anopheles gambiae complex, paralleled by a major decline in malaria incidence. in order to better understand the ongoing changes in vector-parasite dynamics in the area, and to allow for appropriate adjustment of control activities, the present study examined the composition, and malaria and lymphatic filarial infection, of sibling species of the an ... | 2015 | 25885457 |