| genetic differentiation of anopheles claviger s.s. in france and neighbouring countries. | an investigation of polymorphism of 11 autosomal and one sex-linked allozyme loci was made on 18 samples of anopheles claviger meigen (diptera: culicidae) from localities across france and neighbouring sites in germany and switzerland, plus one sample of anopheles petragnani del vecchio from the french pyrénées. genetic differentiation between these two sibling species was confirmed (nei genetic distance 0.33-0.44) and two genetically distinct groups of populations were identified within an. cla ... | 2000 | 11016433 |
| biology and dynamics of potential malaria vectors in southern france. | malaria is a former endemic problem in the camargue, south east france, an area from where very few recent data concerning anopheles are available. a study was undertaken in 2005 to establish potential malaria vector biology and dynamics and evaluate the risk of malaria re-emergence. | 2007 | 17313664 |
| malaria risk in corsica, former hot spot of malaria in france. | background: the prevalence of plasmodium falciparum and plasmodium vivax malaria was very high in corsica just before the second world war. the last outbreak was in 1972 and the most recent indigenous case was in 2006. results: analysis of historical data shows that anopheline vectors were abundant. recent surveys demonstrated that potential vectors are still present in corsica, despite the likely disappearance of anopheles sacharovi. moreover, p. falciparum can develop experimentally into these ... | 2010 | 20704707 |
| epidemiology of imported malaria in the mediterranean region. | malaria is one of the most widespread infectious diseases of our time, causing 655 000 deaths during 2010 (who), most of them in sub-saharan africa and under the age of 5. during the last few years an increasing number of imported malaria cases is reported in europe and mediterranean countries, probably supported by the increasing number of international travel in association with the important influx of immigrants from malaria-endemic countries. moreover, the presence of anopheline vectors in m ... | 2012 | 22708046 |
| anopheles (anopheles) petragnani del vecchio 1939-a new mosquito species for germany. | the so far known species of the anopheles claviger complex, anopheles claviger s.s. and anopheles petragnani, can only be distinguished by partial overlapping characteristics of immature stages and by nucleotide sequence variation of the genomic ribosomal dna (rdna) internal transcribed spacer 2 (its2) region. the known distribution of an. petragnani is so far restricted to the western mediterranean region, whereas an. claviger s.s. occurs across most of europe, up to the middle east and north a ... | 2016 | 27003404 |
| analysis of the causes of spawning of large-scale, severe malarial epidemics and their rapid total extinction in western provence, historically a highly endemic region of france (1745-1850). | the two main puzzles of this study are the onset and then sudden stopping of severe epidemics in western provence (a highly malaria-endemic region of mediterranean france) without any deliberate counter-measures and in the absence of significant population flux. | 2014 | 24581282 |
| study of the malariogenic potential of eastern spain. | recent autochtonous malaria cases which occurred in spain, france, greece or italy have shown the need to delve into the knowledge of potential influence of tropical diseases in southern europe. the malariogenic potential of a formerly endemic area of spain was analyzed in present manuscript according to the epidemiological parameters of receptivity, infectivity and vulnerability. during a five years period (2005-2009) comprehensive larval surveys of anophelines and continuous analysis of import ... | 2012 | 22543601 |
| polymerase chain reaction-based differentiation of the mosquito sibling species anopheles claviger s.s. and anopheles petragnani (diptera: culicidae). | a polymerase chain reaction (pcr)-based diagnostic assay was developed that rapidly and reliably differentiates the sibling species of the anopheles claviger complex, an. claviger s.s. and an. petragnani. the assay makes use of nucleotide differences in the internal transcribed spacer 2 ribosomal dna sequences to generate pcr products of specific length for each of the two species. in evaluating the test, 580 of 592 field-collected an. claviger s.l. specimens were unambiguously identified as one ... | 2003 | 13677375 |
| emerging mosquito species in germany-a synopsis after 6 years of mosquito monitoring (2011-2016). | globalisation and climate change are the main drivers of invasion of non-endemic regions by mosquitoes. mass transportation of people, animals and goods facilitate accidental long-distance displacement while climate warming supports active spread and establishment of thermophilic species. in the framework of a mosquito-monitoring programme, eight non-indigenous culicid species have been registered in germany since 2011, with four of them being more or less efficient vectors of disease agents and ... | 2017 | 29032497 |