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ProfessorSamirBhatt

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Professor of Statistics and Public Health
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 5029s.bhatt

 
 
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G32ASt Mary's Research BuildingSt Mary's Campus

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Publications

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@article{Wiebe:2017:10.1186/s12936-017-1734-y,
author = {Wiebe, A and Longbottom, J and Gleave, K and Shearer, FM and Sinka, ME and Massey, NC and Cameron, E and Bhatt, S and Gething, PW and Hemingway, J and Smith, DL and Coleman, M and Moyes, CL},
doi = {10.1186/s12936-017-1734-y},
journal = {MALARIA JOURNAL},
title = {Geographical distributions of African malaria vector sibling species and evidence for insecticide resistance},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1734-y},
volume = {16},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Background:Many of the mosquito species responsible for malaria transmission belong to a sibling complex; a taxonomic group of morphologically identical, closely related species. Sibling species often differ in several important factors that have the potential to impact malaria control, including their geographical distribution, resistance to insecticides, biting and resting locations, and host preference. The aim of this study was to define the geographical distributions of dominant malaria vector sibling species in Africa so these distributions can be coupled with data on key factors such as insecticide resistance to aid more focussed, species-selective vector control.Results:Within the Anopheles gambiae species complex and the Anopheles funestus subgroup, predicted geographical distributions for Anopheles coluzzii, An. gambiae (as now defined) and An. funestus (distinct from the subgroup) have been produced for the first time. Improved predicted geographical distributions for Anopheles arabiensis, Anopheles melas and Anopheles merus have been generated based on records that were confirmed using molecular identification methods and a model that addresses issues of sampling bias and past changes to the environment. The data available for insecticide resistance has been evaluated and differences between sibling species are apparent although further analysis is required to elucidate trends in resistance.Conclusions:Sibling species display important variability in their geographical distributions and the most important malaria vector sibling species in Africa have been mapped here for the first time. This will allow geographical occurrence data to be coupled with species-specific data on important factors for vector control including insecticide resistance. Species-specific data on insecticide resistance is available for the most important malaria vectors in Africa, namely An. arabiensis, An. coluzzii, An. gambiae and An. funestus. Future work to combine these data wi
AU  - Wiebe,A
AU  - Longbottom,J
AU  - Gleave,K
AU  - Shearer,FM
AU  - Sinka,ME
AU  - Massey,NC
AU  - Cameron,E
AU  - Bhatt,S
AU  - Gething,PW
AU  - Hemingway,J
AU  - Smith,DL
AU  - Coleman,M
AU  - Moyes,CL
DO  - 10.1186/s12936-017-1734-y
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 1475-2875
TI  - Geographical distributions of African malaria vector sibling species and evidence for insecticide resistance
T2  - MALARIA JOURNAL
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1734-y
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000396281000002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/45715
VL  - 16
ER  -
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