Principal vector species
Anopheles funestus
Anopheles funestus is a malaria vector recorded in 35 countries, and the target of 16 engineered-intervention research works in the Atlas corpus.
35
countries with a GBIF record
2k
occurrence records (effort-biased)
16
intervention-research works
Malaria vector
disease group
Associated diseases
The sourced disease group for this vector, and the diseases that group covers.
- Disease group
- Malaria vector
- Diseases
- Plasmodium malaria
Competence varies
This names the vector’s associated disease group. It is not a claim that every population of Anopheles funestus transmits every listed disease, competence differs by population, pathogen strain and locale.
Where it is recorded
Countries with the most GBIF occurrence records for Anopheles funestus. Records reflect sampling effort, not abundance.
35 countries total
Cote d'Ivoire
Burkina Faso
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Kenya
Uganda
Cameroon
Benin
Angola
Mozambique
Malawi
Senegal
Gabon
Ghana
South Africa
Nigeria
Liberia
Namibia
Congo, Rep.
Botswana
Burundi
Comoros
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
+ 11 more countries with a record · browse all
Presence, not absence
A country missing here has no digitised GBIF record for Anopheles funestus, which is not the same as the species being absent. Under-surveyed regions are systematically under-represented.
Engineered-intervention research
Research works targeting Anopheles funestus by technology. Research activity, not a field-trial-site registry.
17 works (tech-tagged)
Gene drive
12 works
GM release
3 works
SIT / IIT
2 works