Wondji noted other species of malaria-carrying mosquitoes, like Anopheles gambiae, are starting to become resistant to pyrethroids, although that is occurring through a different biological mechanism.
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Anopheles
/əˈnɒfɪliːz/
Synonyms for "anopheles" (5 found)
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Noun(1 words)
anopheline mosquitoes
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
malarial mosquitoesmalarial vectors
Related words (2)
Noun(2 words)
mosquito genusvector group
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4 entriesAnopheles dirusAnopheles funestusAnopheles gambiaeAnopheles stephensi
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5 entriesAnopheles gambiaeanopheline mosquitoesmalaria vectormalarial transmissionmosquito genus
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Analogy with the malaria-carrying mosquito points to the various kinds of anopheles, and perhaps to some species of the ordinary mosquito or culex, as being possible bearers of the disease.
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[T]he whole business was a silly mistake due to a murderous-mouthed ignorance of the ease with which the same result could have been obtained by inoculation with anopheles vaccine and stegomyia emulsion.
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They slept again, then woke, and drowsed their way slowly towards the late afternoon when the unexpected fever awoke in him—an onslaught so sudden that the symptoms for her seemed instantly recognisable as a rogue attack of malaria. […] "I brought it back from the desert—they have been planting rice like fools, and now you get anopheles right up to the gates of Alexandria!"
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