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  2. Anopheles - Wikipedia

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    The Anopheles gambiae mosquito is the best-known species of marsh mosquito that transmits the Plasmodium falciparum, which is a malarial parasite deadly to human beings; no other mosquito genus is a vector of human malaria. The genus Anopheles diverged from other mosquitoes approximately , and, like other mosquitoes, the eggs, larvae, and pupae ...

  3. Anopheles gambiae - Wikipedia

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    The Anopheles gambiae complex consists of at least seven morphologically indistinguishable species of mosquitoes in the genus Anopheles. The complex was recognised in the 1960s and includes the most important vectors of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly of the most dangerous malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. [2]

  4. Malaria - Wikipedia

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    An Anopheles stephensi mosquito shortly after obtaining blood from a human (the droplet of blood is expelled as a surplus). This mosquito is a vector of malaria, and mosquito control is an effective way of reducing its incidence. Methods used to prevent malaria include medications, mosquito elimination and the prevention of bites.

  5. Plasmodium falciparum - Wikipedia

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    Plasmodium falciparum is a unicellular protozoan parasite of humans, and the deadliest species of Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans. [2] The parasite is transmitted through the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito and causes the disease's most dangerous form, falciparum malaria.

  6. Anopheles freeborni - Wikipedia

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    Anopheles freeborni, commonly known as the western malaria mosquito, is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae. [1] [2] [3] It is typically found in the western United States and Canada. Adults are brown to black, with yellow-brown hairs and gray-brown stripes on the thorax.

  7. Wikipedia : WikiProject Open/Open access task force ...

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    An Anopheles stephensi mosquito shortly after obtaining blood from a human (the droplet of blood is expelled as a surplus). This mosquito is a vector of malaria, and mosquito control is an effective way of reducing its incidence. Methods used to prevent malaria include medications, mosquito elimination and the prevention of bites.

  8. New mosquito raises fear of year-round malaria in Kenya - AOL

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    The mosquito species -- named Anopheles stephensi -- was previously only known to spread malaria in South Asia and parts of the Arabian Peninsula, according to the World Health Organization ...

  9. Taxonomy of Anopheles - Wikipedia

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    The first species complex was described in 1926 when the problem of nontransmission of malaria by Anopheles gambiae was solved by Falleroni, who recognised that An. gambiae was a complex of six species, of which only four could transmit malaria. This complex has subsequently been revised to a total of seven species of which five transmit malaria.