Anopheles

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• Anopheles beklemishevi
• Anopheles coustani
• Anopheles crypticus
• Anopheles farauti
• Anopheles forattinii
• Anopheles funestus
• Anopheles gambiae
• Anopheles grabhamii
• Anopheles hailarensis
• Anopheles halophylus
• Anopheles hyrcanus
• Anopheles kosiensis
• Anopheles maculipennis
• Anopheles minimus
• Anopheles moucheti
• Anopheles nili
• Anopheles ovengensis
• Anopheles pampanae
• Anopheles peytoni
• Anopheles quadrimaculatus
• Anopheles rennellensis
• Anopheles rivulorum
• Anopheles triannulatus

Anopheles is a genus of mosquito (Culicidae). There are approximately 400 Anopheles species, of which 30-40 transmit four different species of parasites of the genus Plasmodium. These are the cause of malaria, which affects 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 tropica (Plasmodium falciparum).

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Anopheles also serves as the vector for canine heartworm Dirofilaria immitis, the Filariidae Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi, and viruses like the one that is the cause of O'nyong'nyong fever.

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Malaria: Malaria (Italian: "bad air"; formerly called ague or marsh fever in English) is an infectious disease which in humans causes about 350-500 million infections and approximately 1.3 million deaths annually, mainly in the tropics. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 85% of these fatalities....

Endemic: Endemic, in a broad sense, can mean belonging or native to, characteristic of, or prevalent in a particular geography, race, field, area, or environment; Native to an area or scope....