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Anopheles gambiae str. PEST
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[ Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | . . .
. . . | Pyretophorus | gambiae species complex | Anopheles gambiae ]
Courtesy of Jim Gathany
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| Taxonomy: | Eukaryota | Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Bilateria | Protostomia | Ecdysozoa | Panarthropoda | Arthropoda | Mandibulata | Pancrustacea | Hexapoda | Insecta | Dicondylia | Pterygota | Neoptera | Holometabola | Diptera | Nematocera | Culicomorpha | Culicoidea | Culicidae | Anophelinae | Anopheles | Cellia | Pyretophorus | gambiae species complex | Anopheles gambiae |
| Common: | African malaria mosquito (German: afrikanische Malariamücke) |
| Comment: | Anopheles gambiae is the primary vector that transmits human malaria, a disease that causes an estimated 200 million clinical cases and more than one million deaths annually. In order to eradicate malaria, the mosquito vector has become a target for study, since vector control has been a more attainable goal than anti-malarial drug treatments. |
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Go to NCBI Taxonomy (180454) |
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| Publications: |
Sharakhova MV, Hammond MP, Lobo NF et. al. 
( 2007)
Genome Biol 8, R5.
Mongin E, Louis C, Holt RA et. al.
( 2004)
Trends Parasitol 20, 49-52.
Holt RA, Subramanian GM, Halpern A et. al.
( 2002)
Science 298, 129-49.
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Genome files
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
National Center for Biotechnology Information Reference Sequences
VectorBase
