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. 2024 Mar;30(3):605-608.
doi: 10.3201/eid3003.231638. Epub 2024 Feb 5.

Detection of Invasive Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes through Molecular Surveillance, Ghana

Yaw A Afrane, Anisa Abdulai, Abdul R Mohammed, Yaw Akuamoah-Boateng, Christopher M Owusu-Asenso, Isaac K Sraku, Stephina A Yanney, Keziah Malm, Neil F Lobo

Detection of Invasive Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes through Molecular Surveillance, Ghana

Yaw A Afrane et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Mar.

Abstract

The invasive Anopheles stephensi mosquito has rapidly expanded in range in Africa over the past decade. Consistent with World Health Organization guidelines, routine entomologic surveillance of malaria vectors in Accra, Ghana, now includes morphologic and molecular surveillance of An. stephensi mosquitoes. We report detection of An. stephensi mosquitoes in Ghana.

Keywords: Anopheles stephensi; Ghana; invasive species; malaria; mosquito-borne infections; parasites; urban malaria; vector-borne infections.

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Routine entomologic surveillance sites, Accra, Ghana, January 2022–July 2022. Inset map shows location of Ghana in Africa.
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