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Minimal genetic differentiation of the malaria vector Nyssorhynchus darlingi associated with forest cover level in Amazonian Brazil by Prussing, Catharine, Emerson, Kevin J, Bickersmith, Sara A, Sallum, Maria Anice Mureb, Conn, Jan E

“…The relationship between deforestation and malaria in Amazonian Brazil is complex, and a deeper understanding of this relationship is required to inform…”
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Malaria vector species in Amazonian Peru co-occur in larval habitats but have distinct larval microbial communities by Prussing, Catharine, Saavedra, Marlon P, Bickersmith, Sara A, Alava, Freddy, Guzmán, Mitchel, Manrique, Edgar, Carrasco-Escobar, Gabriel, Moreno, Marta, Gamboa, Dionicia, Vinetz, Joseph M, Conn, Jan E

“…In Amazonian Peru, the primary malaria vector, Nyssorhynchus darlingi (formerly Anopheles darlingi), is difficult to target using standard vector control…”
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Intensive trapping of blood-fed Anopheles darlingi in Amazonian Peru reveals unexpectedly high proportions of avian blood-meals by Moreno, Marta, Saavedra, Marlon P, Bickersmith, Sara A, Prussing, Catharine, Michalski, Adrian, Tong Rios, Carlos, Vinetz, Joseph M, Conn, Jan E

“…Anopheles darlingi, the main malaria vector in the Neotropics, has been considered to be highly anthropophilic. However, many behavioral aspects of this…”
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Forest cover percentage drives the peak biting time of Nyssorhynchus darlingi (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Brazilian Amazon by Chaves, Leonardo Suveges Moreira, Bergo, Eduardo Sterlino, Bickersmith, Sara A, Laporta, Gabriel Z, Conn, Jan E, Sallum, Maria Anice Mureb

“…Deforestation is an important driver of malaria dynamics, with a relevant impact on mosquito ecology, including larval habitat availability, blood-feeding…”
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High-accuracy detection of malaria vector larval habitats using drone-based multispectral imagery by Carrasco-Escobar, Gabriel, Manrique, Edgar, Ruiz-Cabrejos, Jorge, Saavedra, Marlon, Alava, Freddy, Bickersmith, Sara, Prussing, Catharine, Vinetz, Joseph M, Conn, Jan E, Moreno, Marta, Gamboa, Dionicia

“…Interest in larval source management (LSM) as an adjunct intervention to control and eliminate malaria transmission has recently increased mainly because…”
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Effect of spatiotemporal variables on abundance, biting activity and parity of Nyssorhynchus darlingi (Diptera: Culicidae) in peri-Iquitos, Peru by Bickersmith, Sara A, Saavedra, Marlon P, Prussing, Catharine, Lange, Rachel E, Morales, Juliana A, Alava, Freddy, Vinetz, Joseph M, Gamboa, Dionicia, Moreno, Marta, Conn, Jan E

“…In malaria endemic regions of the Peruvian Amazon, rainfall together with river level and breeding site availability drive fluctuating vector mosquito…”
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Molecular taxonomy provides new insights into anopheles species of the neotropical arribalzagia series by Gómez, Giovan F, Bickersmith, Sara A, González, Ranulfo, Conn, Jan E, Correa, Margarita M

“…Phylogenetic analysis of partial mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase c subunit I (COI) and nuclear internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) sequences were used to…”
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Malaria transmission in landscapes with varying deforestation levels and timelines in the Amazon: a longitudinal spatiotemporal study by Laporta, Gabriel Z., Ilacqua, Roberto C., Bergo, Eduardo S., Chaves, Leonardo S. M., Rodovalho, Sheila R., Moresco, Gilberto G., Figueira, Elder A. G., Massad, Eduardo, de Oliveira, Tatiane M. P., Bickersmith, Sara A., Conn, Jan E., Sallum, Maria Anice M.

“…The relationship between deforestation and malaria is a spatiotemporal process of variation in Plasmodium incidence in human-dominated Amazonian rural…”
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Vector competence, vectorial capacity of Nyssorhynchus darlingi and the basic reproduction number of Plasmodium vivax in agricultural settlements in the Amazonian Region of Brazil by Sallum, Maria Anice M, Conn, Jan E, Bergo, Eduardo S, Laporta, Gabriel Z, Chaves, Leonardo S M, Bickersmith, Sara A, de Oliveira, Tatiane M P, Figueira, Elder Augusto G, Moresco, Gilberto, Olívêr, Lêuda, Struchiner, Claudio J, Yakob, Laith, Massad, Eduardo

“…Brazilian malaria control programmes successfully reduced the incidence and mortality rates from 2005 to 2016. Since 2017, increased malaria has been reported…”
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Decreasing proportion of Anopheles darlingi biting outdoors between long-lasting insecticidal net distributions in peri-Iquitos, Amazonian Peru by Prussing, Catharine, Moreno, Marta, Saavedra, Marlon P, Bickersmith, Sara A, Gamboa, Dionicia, Alava, Freddy, Schlichting, Carl D, Emerson, Kevin J, Vinetz, Joseph M, Conn, Jan E

“…In Loreto Department, Peru, a successful 2005-2010 malaria control programme (known as PAMAFRO) included massive distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets…”
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Higher risk of malaria transmission outdoors than indoors by Nyssorhynchus darlingi in riverine communities in the Peruvian Amazon by Saavedra, Marlon P, Conn, Jan E, Alava, Freddy, Carrasco-Escobar, Gabriel, Prussing, Catharine, Bickersmith, Sara A, Sangama, Jorge L, Fernandez-Miñope, Carlos, Guzman, Mitchel, Tong, Carlos, Valderrama, Carlos, Vinetz, Joseph M, Gamboa, Dionicia, Moreno, Marta

“…Malaria remains an important public health problem in Peru where incidence has been increasing since 2011. Of over 55,000 cases reported in 2017, Plasmodium…”
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Changes in Genetic Diversity from Field to Laboratory During Colonization of Anopheles darlingi Root (Diptera: Culicidae) by Lainhart, William, Bickersmith, Sara A, Moreno, Marta, Rios, Carlos Tong, Vinetz, Joseph M, Conn, Jan E

“…The process of colonizing any arthropod species, including vector mosquitoes, necessarily involves adaptation to laboratory conditions. The adaptation and…”
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Implications for changes in Anopheles darlingi biting behaviour in three communities in the peri-Iquitos region of Amazonian Peru by Moreno, Marta, Saavedra, Marlon P, Bickersmith, Sara A, Lainhart, William, Tong, Carlos, Alava, Freddy, Vinetz, Joseph M, Conn, Jan E

“…Malaria transmission in the peri-Iquitos region of Amazonian Peru has been designated as seasonal and hypo-endemic with recently described hyper-endemic…”
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Natural Infection of Nyssorhynchus darlingi and Nyssorhynchus benarrochi B with Plasmodium during the Dry Season in the Understudied Low-Transmission Setting of Datem del Marañon Province, Amazonian Peru by Conn, Jan E, Bickersmith, Sara A, Saavedra, Marlon P, Morales, Juliana A, Alava, Freddy, Diaz Rodriguez, Gloria A, Del Aguila Morante, Clara R, Tong, Carlos G, Alvarez-Antonio, Carlos, Daza Huanahui, Jesus M, Vinetz, Joseph M, Gamboa, Dionicia

“…The persistence of malaria hotspots in Datem del Marañon Province, Peru, prompted vector control units at the Ministry of Health, Loreto Department, to…”
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Vector role and human biting activity of Anophelinae mosquitoes in different landscapes in the Brazilian Amazon by Oliveira, Tatiane M P, Laporta, Gabriel Z, Bergo, Eduardo S, Chaves, Leonardo Suveges Moreira, Antunes, José Leopoldo F, Bickersmith, Sara A, Conn, Jan E, Massad, Eduardo, Sallum, Maria Anice Mureb

“…Environmental disturbance, deforestation and socioeconomic factors all affect malaria incidence in tropical and subtropical endemic areas. Deforestation is the…”
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New Records of Anopheles benarrochi B (Diptera: Culicidae) in Malaria Hotspots in the Amazon Regions of Ecuador and Peru by Viteri, Diego Morales, Herrera-Varela, Manuela, Albuja, Maribel, Quiroga, Cristina, Diaz, Gloria, Aguila Morante, Clara Del, Ramirez, Dario, Vinetz, Joseph M., Bickersmith, Sara A., Conn, Jan E.

“…The increase in malaria transmission in the Amazon region motivated vector control units of the Ministry of Health of Ecuador and Peru to investigate Anopheles…”
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Nyssorhynchus dunhami: bionomics and natural infection by Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax in the Peruvian Amazon by Prussing, Catharine, Bickersmith, Sara A, Moreno, Marta, Saavedra, Marlon P, Alava, Freddy, Sallum, Maria Anice Mureb, Gamboa, Dionicia, Vinetz, Joseph M, Conn, Jan E

“…BACKGROUND Nyssorhynchus dunhami, a member of the Nuneztovari Complex, has been collected in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru and described as zoophilic. Although to…”
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Evidence for temporal population replacement and the signature of ecological adaptation in a major Neotropical malaria vector in Amazonian Peru by Lainhart, William, Bickersmith, Sara A, Nadler, Kyle J, Moreno, Marta, Saavedra, Marlon P, Chu, Virginia M, Ribolla, Paulo E, Vinetz, Joseph M, Conn, Jan E

“…The major Neotropical malaria vector, Anopheles darlingi, was reintroduced into the Iquitos, Loreto, Peru area during the early 1990s, where it displaced other…”
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Mutations Linked to Insecticide Resistance Not Detected in the Ace-1 or VGSC Genes in Nyssorhynchus darlingi from Multiple Localities in Amazonian Brazil and Peru by Bickersmith, Sara A, Jurczynski, John D, Sallum, Maria Anice Mureb, Chaves, Leonardo S M, Bergo, Eduardo S, Rodriguez, Gloria A D, Morante, Clara A, Rios, Carlos T, Saavedra, Marlon P, Alava, Freddy, Gamboa, Dionicia, Vinetz, Joseph M, Conn, Jan E

“…Indoor residual spray (IRS), mainly employing pyrethroid insecticides, is the most common intervention for preventing malaria transmission in many regions of…”
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A sensitive, specific and reproducible real-time polymerase chain reaction method for detection of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum infection in field-collected anophelines by Bickersmith, Sara A, Lainhart, William, Moreno, Marta, Chu, Virginia M, Vinetz, Joseph M, Conn, Jan E

“…We describe a simple method for detection of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum infection in anophelines using a triplex TaqMan real-time polymerase…”
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