Principal vector species
Anopheles funestus
Anopheles funestus is a malaria vector recorded in 25 countries, and the target of 16 engineered-intervention research works in the Atlas corpus.
25
countries with a GBIF record
27k
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.
25 countries total
Mozambique
Uganda
Tanzania
Ethiopia
Kenya
Central African Republic
Burkina Faso
Cote d'Ivoire
Cameroon
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Niger
Benin
Madagascar
Angola
Malawi
Senegal
Gabon
Ghana
South Africa
Botswana
Nigeria
Liberia
Mali
Namibia
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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