The vectors themselves
The 7 principal vector species
The mosquitoes that carry the world’s vector-borne disease burden. Each card links to a profile: recorded distribution, the diseases it is associated with, and how much engineered-intervention research targets it.
Aedes aegypti
Arbovirus vector
186
countries
63k
records
377
intervention works
Aedes albopictus
Arbovirus vector
147
countries
148k
records
138
intervention works
Anopheles funestus
Malaria vector
25
countries
27k
records
16
intervention works
Anopheles gambiae
Malaria vector
40
countries
115k
records
74
intervention works
Anopheles stephensi
Malaria vector
17
countries
1k
records
25
intervention works
Culex pipiens
Filariasis / West Nile vector
106
countries
259k
records
43
intervention works
Culex quinquefasciatus
Filariasis / West Nile vector
84
countries
63k
records
42
intervention works
The niche-displacement thesis
Read the cards together. Engineered control concentrates on Ae. aegypti, yet Ae. albopictus, the vector best placed to move into a cleared niche, is recorded almost as widely and draws a fraction of the research. That gap is the editorial territory of the Atlas.