Anopheles

"Anopheles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A genus of mosquitoes (CULICIDAE) that are known vectors of MALARIA.

Descriptor ID	D000852
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.712.500.875.120
Concept/Terms	Anopheles Anopheles Anopheles gambiae Anopheles gambiae

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Invertebrates [B01.050.500]
Arthropods [B01.050.500.131]
Insecta [B01.050.500.131.617]
Pterygota [B01.050.500.131.617.720]
Neoptera [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500]
Holometabola [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500]
Diptera [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750]
Nematocera [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.712]
Culicomorpha [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.712.500]
Culicidae [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.712.500.875]
Anopheles [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.712.500.875.120]

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Bar chart showing 17 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2002 and 2004 and 2012 and 2014 and 2023 and 2025

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	2	0	2
2004	1	1	2
2005	1	0	1
2008	1	0	1
2009	0	1	1
2012	2	0	2
2013	1	0	1
2014	2	0	2
2020	0	1	1
2023	2	0	2
2025	2	0	2

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Camacho E, Dong Y, Chrissian C, Cordero RJB, Saraiva RG, Anglero-Rodriguez Y, Smith DFQ, Jacobs E, Hartshorn I, Pati?o-Medina JA, DePasquale M, Dziedzic A, Jedlicka A, Smith B, Mlambo G, Tripathi A, Broderick NA, Stark RE, Dimopoulos G, Casadevall A. Dietary L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) augments cuticular melanization in Anopheles mosquitos reducing their lifespan and malaria burden. Nat Commun. 2025 Aug 27; 16(1):8011.

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Hennessee I, Kirby MA, Misago X, Mupfasoni J, Wang J, de Dieu Ntivuguruzwa J, Ndagijimana F, Rosa G, Peel JL, Waller LA, Rosenthal JP, Kitron U, Hakizimana E, Clasen TF. Effects of indoor cooking with liquefied petroleum gas versus solid biomass on mosquito and fly density in households. Sci Rep. 2025 Jun 04; 15(1):19578.

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Samake JN, Lavretsky P, Gunarathna I, Follis M, Brown JI, Ali S, Yared S, Carter TE. Population genomic analyses reveal population structure and major hubs of invasive Anopheles stephensi in the Horn of Africa. Mol Ecol. 2023 11; 32(21):5695-5708.

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Mohammed-Awel J, Gumel AB. Can insecticide resistance increase malaria transmission? A genetics-epidemiology mathematical modeling approach. J Math Biol. 2023 07 12; 87(2):28.

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Mohammed-Awel J, Iboi EA, Gumel AB. Insecticide resistance and malaria control: A genetics-epidemiology modeling approach. Math Biosci. 2020 07; 325:108368.

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Liu S, Lucas KJ, Roy S, Ha J, Raikhel AS. Mosquito-specific microRNA-1174 targets serine hydroxymethyltransferase to control key functions in the gut. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Oct 07; 111(40):14460-5.

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Blayneh KW, Mohammed-Awel J. Insecticide-resistant mosquitoes and malaria control. Math Biosci. 2014 Jun; 252:14-26.

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Rider MA, Zou J, Vanlandingham D, Nuckols JT, Higgs S, Zhang Q, Lacey M, Kim J, Wang G, Hong YS. Quantitative proteomic analysis of the Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) midgut infected with o'nyong-nyong virus. J Med Entomol. 2013 Sep; 50(5):1077-88.

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Vasilakis N, Forrester NL, Palacios G, Nasar F, Savji N, Rossi SL, Guzman H, Wood TG, Popov V, Gorchakov R, Gonz?lez AV, Haddow AD, Watts DM, da Rosa AP, Weaver SC, Lipkin WI, Tesh RB. Negevirus: a proposed new taxon of insect-specific viruses with wide geographic distribution. J Virol. 2013 Mar; 87(5):2475-88.

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Reinbold-Wasson DD, Sardelis MR, Jones JW, Watts DM, Fernandez R, Carbajal F, Pecor JE, Calampa C, Klein TA, Turell MJ. Determinants of Anopheles seasonal distribution patterns across a forest to periurban gradient near Iquitos, Peru. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Mar; 86(3):459-63.

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