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Epidemiological consequences of a newly discovered cryptic subgroup of Anopheles gambiae

Overview of attention for article published in Biology Letters, June 2011
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Title
Epidemiological consequences of a newly discovered cryptic subgroup of Anopheles gambiae
Published in
Biology Letters, June 2011
DOI 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0453
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Authors

Laith Yakob

Abstract

A cryptic subgroup of Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto mosquitoes was recently discovered in West Africa. This 'GOUNDRY' subgroup has increased susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum, the most deadly form of malaria. Unusual for this major malaria vector, GOUNDRY mosquitoes also seem to bite exclusively outdoors. A mathematical model is developed to assess the epidemiological implications of current vector control tools, bednets and indoor residual spray, preferentially suppressing the more typical indoor biting mosquitoes. It is demonstrated that even if the GOUNDRY mosquitoes have a decreased preference for human blood, vector controls which select for increased GOUNDRY abundance relative to their indoor biting counterparts risks intensifying malaria transmission. Given the widely observed phenomenon of outdoor biting by major malaria vectors, this behaviour should not be ignored in future modelling efforts and warrants serious consideration in control programme strategy.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 2%
Pakistan 1 2%
Tanzania, United Republic of 1 2%
Senegal 1 2%
Unknown 37 90%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 9 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 20%
Student > Master 4 10%
Professor 3 7%
Lecturer 2 5%
Other 6 15%
Unknown 9 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 15 37%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 7%
Mathematics 2 5%
Environmental Science 2 5%
Other 5 12%
Unknown 7 17%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 February 2022.
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#8,203,620
of 24,580,204 outputs
Outputs from Biology Letters
#2,580
of 3,352 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#43,704
of 119,103 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Biology Letters
#35
of 46 outputs
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