Principal vector species
Anopheles gambiae
Anopheles gambiae is a malaria vector recorded in 40 countries, and the target of 74 engineered-intervention research works in the Atlas corpus.
40
countries with a GBIF record
115k
occurrence records (effort-biased)
74
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 gambiae 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 gambiae. Records reflect sampling effort, not abundance.
40 countries total
Cote d'Ivoire
Uganda
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Benin
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Mozambique
Ethiopia
Kenya
Burkina Faso
Tanzania
Niger
Rwanda
Mali
Madagascar
Senegal
Nigeria
Gambia, The
Malawi
Togo
Ghana
South Africa
Comoros
Guinea-Bissau
+ 16 more countries with a record · browse all
Presence, not absence
A country missing here has no digitised GBIF record for Anopheles gambiae, which is not the same as the species being absent. Under-surveyed regions are systematically under-represented.
Engineered-intervention research
Research works targeting Anopheles gambiae by technology. Research activity, not a field-trial-site registry.
106 works (tech-tagged)
Gene drive
46 works
GM release
33 works
SIT / IIT
20 works
Wolbachia
7 works