First record of Anopheles stephensi in Sri Lanka: a potential challenge for prevention of malaria reintroduction

2017100 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

A. G. Gayan Dharmasiri · Anti Filariasis Campaign

A. Yashan Perera · Anti Filariasis Campaign

Jeevanie Harishchandra · Anti Filariasis Campaign

Hemantha Herath · Anti Filariasis Campaign

Kandasamy Aravindan

H. T. R. Jayasooriya · Open University of Sri Lanka

Gaya Ranawaka · Open University of Sri Lanka

Abstract

Sri Lanka was certified as malaria-free by the WHO in September 2016, however, this new finding may pose a serious challenge to the efforts of the Ministry of Health to prevent the re-introduction of malaria transmission in the country, considering the role that An. stephensi could play in urban and high vulnerability areas of Sri Lanka.

Topics & Keywords

Malaria Research and Control Mosquito-borne diseases and control Insect Resistance and Genetics

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Malaria Journal

Volume 16, Issue 1, pp. 326-326

DOI: 10.1186/s12936-017-1977-7

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