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Anopheles
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Anopheles /Anoph·e·les/ (ah-nof´ĕ-lēz) a widely distributed genus of mosquitoes, comprising over 300 species, many of which are vectors of malaria; some are vectors of Wuchereria bancrofti.
A·noph·e·les (-nf-lz)
n.
A genus of mosquitoes containing over 90 species, many of which are vectors of malaria.
a·noph·e·line (-ln) adj.
Anopheles
[ənof′əlēz]
Etymology: Gk, anopheles, harmful
a genus of mosquito, many species (30 to 40) of which transmit malaria-causing parasites to humans. See also Plasmodium.
Anopheles
a genus of the family Culicidae of mosquitoes which may carry filarioid worm microfilariae of filarid nematodes.


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Further research on the interaction between type of urban agriculture and vector biology is needed because most African cities irrigate agricultural areas with water from polluted sources that is generally not favored by malaria vectors, although several studies have reported anophelines breeding in heavily contaminated water (14,15).
Malaria and irrigated crops, Accra, Ghana by Donnelly, Martin J. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
It is true that of the approximately 3,500 species of mosquitoes, including the malaria-transmitting anophelines, most are tropic and subtropic.
We're having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave. (Book Excerpt) by Desowitz, Robert S. / UN Chronicle
Because of its close proximity to Africa, Spain is one of the European countries most susceptible to the traffic of sub-Saharan migrant workers and the risk for transmission by mosquitoes migrating from other countries or indigenous anophelines infected by gametogenic hosts has increased substantially.
Plasmodium ovale malaria acquired in central Spain. (Dispatches) by Rubio, Jose Miguel / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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