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" (1 found)
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9 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- малари́чен кома́р noun (mosquito of the genus Anopheles)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 按蚊 noun (mosquito of the genus Anopheles)
- 瘧蚊 /疟蚊 noun (mosquito of the genus Anopheles)
Finnish
1 entries- horkkahyttynen noun (mosquito of the genus Anopheles)
French
1 entries- anophèle noun (mosquito of the genus Anopheles)
German
2 entries- Anopheles noun (mosquito of the genus Anopheles)
- Malariamücke noun (mosquito of the genus Anopheles)
Japanese
1 entries- ハマダラカ noun (mosquito of the genus Anopheles)
Manx
1 entries- anophylees noun (mosquito of the genus Anopheles)
Polish
1 entries- widliszek noun (mosquito of the genus Anopheles)
Portuguese
3 entries- anofelina noun (mosquito of the genus Anopheles)
- anofelino noun (mosquito of the genus Anopheles)
- anófele noun (mosquito of the genus Anopheles)
Russian
2 entries- ано́фелес noun (mosquito of the genus Anopheles)
- маляри́йный кома́р noun (mosquito of the genus Anopheles)
Ukrainian
1 entries- малярі́йний кома́р noun (mosquito of the genus Anopheles)
Sample sentences
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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.
Source: wiktionary
[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.
Source: wiktionary
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!"
Source: wiktionary
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