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Anopheles

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Mosquito Anopheles - malária - parasitologia

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Malaria 3D Animation Shows How the Infection Spreads in the Body

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Anopheles mosquitoes

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A Possible Malaria Vaccine Poisons the Anopheles Mosquito

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Larvae of Anopheles stephensi (Mosquito)

Anopheles is a genus of mosquito first described and named by J. W. Meigen in 1818. About 460 species are recognised; while over 100 can transmit human malaria, only 30–40 commonly transmit parasites of the genus Plasmodium, which cause malaria in humans in endemic areas. Anopheles gambiae is one of the best known, because of its predominant role in the transmission of the most dangerous malaria parasite species – Plasmodium falciparum.
    • Evolution 

    • Systematics 

    • Life stages 

    • Habitat 

    • Susceptibility to become a vector of disease 

    • Insecticide resistance 

    • Eradication 

    • Parasites