Principal vector species
Anopheles stephensi
Anopheles stephensi is a malaria vector recorded in 17 countries, and the target of 25 engineered-intervention research works in the Atlas corpus.
17
countries with a GBIF record
319
occurrence records (effort-biased)
25
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 stephensi 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 stephensi. Records reflect sampling effort, not abundance.
17 countries total
Pakistan
Sudan
India
United States
Sri Lanka
Saudi Arabia
Thailand
Ghana
Djibouti
Ethiopia
United Arab Emirates
Iran, Islamic Rep.
Qatar
United Kingdom
Afghanistan
Iraq
Myanmar
Presence, not absence
A country missing here has no digitised GBIF record for Anopheles stephensi, which is not the same as the species being absent. Under-surveyed regions are systematically under-represented.
Engineered-intervention research
Research works targeting Anopheles stephensi by technology. Research activity, not a field-trial-site registry.
32 works (tech-tagged)
GM release
10 works
SIT / IIT
9 works
Gene drive
8 works
Wolbachia
5 works