Research Article
Anopheles rufipes remains a Potential Malaria Vector after the First Detection of Infected Specimens in 1960 in Burkina Faso
| Da DF1 Diabatè A1 Mouline K2 Lefèvre T2,3 Awono-Ambene HP4 Ouèdraogo JB1 Dabirè KR1* | ||
| 1Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS), Burkina Faso | ||
| 2IRD/IRSS, Burkina Faso | ||
| 3Universités Montpellier 1 & 2, Centre IRD, France | ||
| 4Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale, Cameroon | ||
| Corresponding Author : | Dabiré KR BP 390 IRSS/Centre Muraz Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Tel: +226 70 73 90 69 E-mail: dabire_roch@hotmail.com |
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| Received July 23, 2013; Accepted September 11, 2013; Published September 13, 2013 | ||
| Citation: Da DF, Diabaté A, Mouline K, Lefèvre T, Awono-Ambene HP, et al. (2013) Anopheles Rufipes remains a Potential Malaria Vector after the First Detection of Infected Specimens in 1960 in Burkina Faso. J Infect Dis Ther 1:112. doi: 10.4172/2332-0877.1000112 | ||
| Copyright: © 2013 Da DF, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | ||
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Abstract
Malaria transmission is assured in Africa mainly by the species of the complex Anopheles gambiae followed by Anopheles funestus. But as the malaria elimination is becoming more and more realistic, it is crucial to consider all vectors involved in Plamodium transmission even though in local scale. In this prospect we performed this study to confirm if Anopheles rufipes remains potentially able to transmit Plasmodium since former findings reported this species to be potential malaria vector in Burkina Faso toward 1960. Our data recorded one female of An. rufipes infected by a Plasmodium parasite at the oocyst stage suggesting that this mosquito species still remains a potential human malaria vector. However, future field and laboratory studies are needed to confirm An. rufipes vector competence and capacity.
