@article{fdi:010088066,
  title = {{A} cross-sectional study of malaria transmission in suggests the existence of a potential bridge vector susceptible of ensuring the transfer of simian malaria parasites to humans},
  author = {{L}ongo-{P}endy, {N}. {M}. and {B}oundenga, {L}. and {M}akanga, {B}. {K}. and {M}bou-{B}outambe, {C}. and {B}ouafou, {L}. and {A}kone-{E}lla, {O}. and {N}koghe-{N}koghe, {L}. {C}. and {L}ekana-{D}ouki, {S}. and {L}ekana-{D}ouki, {J}. {B}. and {K}engne, {P}ierre},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}ntroduction{D}espite all the efforts made to control or even eliminate malaria, the disease continues to claim the highest number of victims of vector-borne pathogens in the world and {S}ub-{S}aharan countries bear the heaviest burden. {T}he lack of knowledge of the role of various protagonists involved in the transmission of this parasitic disease, such as mosquito vectors and the plasmodial species they transmit as well as the host species they infect in a locality, constitutes one of the main causes of the persistence of malaria. {I}n {G}abon, in several areas, entomological data on malaria transmission remain poorly known. {T}hus, this study aimed to determine the diversity of {A}nopheles involved in malaria transmission in different environments of the province of {N}yanga in southwest {G}abon. {M}ethods{F}or this, an entomological study was carried out in the four main localities of the province of {N}yanga to provide answers to these shortcomings. {M}osquitoes were collected over several nights using the human landing catch method. {T}he identification of {A}nopheles and malaria parasites circulating in the different sites was achieved by combining morphological and molecular analysis tools. {R}esults{A} total of five hundred and ninety-one (591) mosquitoes belonging to the {C}ulicidae family were collected. {F}rom this collection of adult mosquitoes, nine species of {A}nopheles mosquitoes notably species of the {A}nopheles nili complex (53.46%) followed by those of {A}nopheles gambiae complex (22.01%), {A}nopheles funestus group (18.24%), {A}nopheles moucheti complex (5.66%) and {A}nopheles hancocki (0.63%). {A}pproximately 18 percent of these {A}nopheles species were infected with {P}lasmodium spp. {A}nopheles funestus, known to be involved in malaria transmission to humans, and {A}n. moucheti-like, recently discovered in {G}abon, and whose status in {P}lasmodium transmission is not yet elucidated, were found to be infected with great ape {P}lasmodium. {D}iscussion{O}ur results raise the question of the potential switch of simian malaria parasites to humans. {I}f these observations are confirmed in the future, and the infective capacity of the bridge vectors is demonstrated, this new situation could ultimately constitute an obstacle to progress in the fight against malaria.},
  keywords = {malaria transmission ; {A}nopheles diversity ; plasmodium diversity ; bridge ; vectors ; {G}abon ; {GABON}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{F}rontiers in {E}cology and {E}volution},
  volume = {11},
  numero = {},
  pages = {1176687 [13 p.]},
  ISSN = {2296-701{X}},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.3389/fevo.2023.1176687},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010088066},
}