RAFT (Resilience Against Future Threats Through Vector Control) Consortium, Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA; Parasitology and Vector Biology (PARAVEC) Laboratory, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA.
Trends Parasitol. 2024 Aug;40(8):731-743. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2024.06.008. Epub 2024 Jul 24.
Anopheles stephensi is a highly competent urban malaria vector species, endemic in South Asia and the Persian Gulf, which has colonised eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) since 2013 and is now spreading uncontrollably. In urban areas of Africa, where malaria transmission has previously been low or non-existent, the invasion of An. stephensi represents a significant problem, particularly to immunologically naïve populations. Despite this rapidly advancing threat, there is a paucity of information regarding the bionomics of An. stephensi in SSA. Here, we offer a critical synthesis of literature from An. stephensi's native range, focusing on the future of An. stephensi in a rapidly urbanising Africa, and highlighting key questions that warrant prioritisation by the global malaria vector control community.
致倦库蚊是一种高度适应城市环境的疟疾病媒物种，在南亚和波斯湾流行，自 2013 年以来已在撒哈拉以南非洲的八个国家定殖，并正在不可控制地传播。在疟疾传播以前较低或不存在的非洲城市地区，致倦库蚊的入侵是一个重大问题，特别是对免疫上幼稚的人群。尽管这一迅速扩大的威胁迫在眉睫，但有关致倦库蚊在撒哈拉以南非洲的生物学特性的信息却很少。在这里，我们对致倦库蚊的本地范围的文献进行了批判性综合，重点介绍了致倦库蚊在快速城市化的非洲的未来，并强调了值得全球疟疾病媒控制界优先重视的关键问题。
