Aspects of the Ecology and Biology of Malaria Vectors with Implications for Disease Prevention and Control
A special issue of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease (ISSN 2414-6366). This special issue belongs to the section "Vector-Borne Diseases".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 June 2024) | Viewed by 7953
Special Issue Editors
Interests: vector biology and ecology; malaria; microbiology; molecular biology
2. Centre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg 2131, South Africa
Interests: entomology; malaria vector control; vector biology and mechanisms of insecticide resistance
Interests: vector biology; population genetics; mosquito ecology; phylogenetics; vector-borne diseases; landscape genetics
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Dear Colleagues,
Malaria remains a major global public health issue, primarily in tropical and subtropical regions where climate conditions are appropriate for the development of the malaria parasite and its mosquito vector. To combat malaria, vector control is one of the main strategies used to reduce disease transmission, but this effort is threatened by factors such as increasing vector insecticide resistance. Therefore, there is a need for studies to expand knowledge of vectors, with the aim of implementing novel and effective methods to improve vector control interventions and reduce malaria incidence.
This Special Issue is aimed at the scientific community interested in malaria vectors with the purpose of bringing together knowledge from a range of vector-related areas to enhance the search for effective vector control interventions.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, aspects of systematics and taxonomy, phylogenetics, biogeography, vector behaviour and ecology, host–parasite relationships, molecular biology, immunity, the mosquito microbiota, developing resources and technology in vector genomics, interventions and control.
Prof. Dr. Margarita María Correa
Prof. Dr. Lizette Koekemoer
Prof. Dr. Jan E. Conn
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- systematics
- phylogenetics
- biogeography
- vector behaviour
- vector ecology
- vector–parasite relationships
- molecular biology
- immunity
- mosquito microbiota
- genomics
- interventions and control
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