| the effectiveness of light, 1-octen-3-ol, and carbon dioxide as attractants for anopheline mosquitoes in madang province, papua new guinea. | the effectiveness of light, 1-octen-3-ol (octenol), carbon dioxide (co2) and a combination of co2 and octenol were compared as mosquito attractants using encephalitis vector surveillance traps in 2 villages in madang province, papua new guinea (png). five species were collected, anopheles koliensis, anopheles farauti 2, anopheles farauti 4, anopheles longirostris, and anopheles bancroftii. light alone was not attractive to any of these species, and the attractiveness of octenol alone, though gre ... | 2004 | 15532920 |
| barrier screens: a method to sample blood-fed and host-seeking exophilic mosquitoes. | determining the proportion of blood meals on humans by outdoor-feeding and resting mosquitoes is challenging. this is largely due to the difficulty of finding an adequate and unbiased sample of resting, engorged mosquitoes to enable the identification of host blood meal sources. this is particularly difficult in the south-west pacific countries of indonesia, the solomon islands and papua new guinea where thick vegetation constitutes the primary resting sites for the exophilic mosquitoes that are ... | 2013 | 23379959 |
| multiplex assay for species identification and monitoring of insecticide resistance in anopheles punctulatus group populations of papua new guinea. | anopheles punctulatus sibling species (an. punctulatus s.s., anopheles koliensis, and anopheles farauti species complex [eight cryptic species]) are principal vectors of malaria and filariasis in the southwest pacific. given significant effort to reduce malaria and filariasis transmission through insecticide-treated net distribution in the region, effective strategies to monitor evolution of insecticide resistance among an. punctulatus sibling species is essential. mutations in the voltage-gated ... | 0 | 22232465 |
| entomological monitoring and evaluation: diverse transmission settings of icemr projects will require local and regional malaria elimination strategies. | the unprecedented global efforts for malaria elimination in the past decade have resulted in altered vectorial systems, vector behaviors, and bionomics. these changes combined with increasingly evident heterogeneities in malaria transmission require innovative vector control strategies in addition to the established practices of long-lasting insecticidal nets and indoor residual spraying. integrated vector management will require focal and tailored vector control to achieve malaria elimination. ... | 2015 | 26259942 |
| functional constraints and evolutionary dynamics of the repeats in the rdna internal transcribed spacer 2 of members of the anopheles barbirostris group. | the anopheles barbirostris group is widely distributed in southeast asia. although seven species have been formally described, a molecular analysis of the rdna its2 and the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase i gene suggests that the group includes species that are morphologically very similar or identical.we have previously shown that species in the anopheles barbirostris subgroup have an exceptionally large its2 (>1.5 kb), greater than in any other anopheline group. however, the molecular process ... | 2014 | 24646478 |
| incomplete concerted evolution and reproductive isolation at the rdna locus uncovers nine cryptic species within anopheles longirostris from papua new guinea. | nuclear ribosomal dna (rdna) genes and transcribed spacers are highly utilized as taxonomic markers in metazoans despite the lack of a cohesive understanding of their evolution. here we follow the evolution of the rdna second internal transcribed spacer (its2) and the mitochondrial dna cytochrome oxidase i subunit in the malaria mosquito anopheles longirostris from papua new guinea (png). this morphospecies inhabits a variety of ecological environments indicating that it may comprise a complex o ... | 2010 | 21184676 |
| plasticity of host selection by malaria vectors of papua new guinea. | host selection is an important determinant of vectorial capacity because malaria transmission increases when mosquitoes feed more on humans than non-humans. host selection also affects the outcome of long-lasting insecticidal nets (llin). despite the recent nationwide implementation of llin-based malaria control program in papua new guinea (png), little is known about the host selection of the local anopheles vectors. this study investigated the host selection of anopheles vectors in png. | 2017 | 28222769 |