Vector compositions change across forested to deforested ecotones in emerging areas of zoonotic malaria transmission in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Frances M. Hawkes, Benny O. Manin, Amanda Cooper, Sylvia Daim, Homathevi Rahman, Jenarun Jelip, Tanrang Husin, Chua, Tock Hing
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Nature Research 2019
• Subjects: RC109-216 Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC31-1245 Internal medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30337/1/Vector%20compositions%20change%20across%20forested%20to%20deforested%20ecotones%20in%20emerging%20areas%20of%20zoonotic%20malaria%20transmission%20in%20Malaysia%20.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30337/2/Vector%20compositions%20change%20across%20forested%20to%20deforested%20ecotones%20in%20emerging%20areas%20of%20zoonotic%20malaria%20transmission%20in%20Malaysia%201.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30337/; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-49842-2.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49842-2

In lowland areas of Malaysia, Plasmodium knowlesi infection is associated with land use change and high proportions of the vector Anopheles balabacensis. We conducted a 15-month study in two Malaysian villages to determine the efect of habitat on vector populations in understudied high-altitude, hig...