Sentence examples for main vector and from inspiring English sources

Anopheles funestus is the main vector, and the estimated entomological inoculation rate for 2002 was 38 infective bites per person per year.

Anopheles gambiae is the main vector and transmission is perennial, moderate to high in intensity [10], with an average entomological inoculation rate (EIR) around 50 infective bites per person per year [11].The incidence of malaria in children was around 1.5 per child per year in 1999 [12], but has decreased in recent years [13].

Although I. ricinus ticks are the main vector and natural reservoir, the organism has recently been found in Dermacentor reticulates ticks (1 – 5 ).

Therefore, R1 repeats are evolving under high selection pressure only in sites where R. microplus is the main vector and is subjected to selection because of climate constraints.

These R1 repeats and microsatellite sequences could have evolved from ancestor pathogen strains transmitted by R. microplus as the main vector, and then evolved under lower selection pressure, due to pathogen transmission by other tick species or mechanically.

Described in 2001, R. felis appears to have the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis felis, as its main vector and reservoir and can infect other arthropods (mosquitoes, ticks and mites) and mammals (rats, opossums, dogs, and cats).

Ticks are the main vectors and reservoirs of SFG rickettsiae.

Ticks are recognized as the main vectors and reservoirs of spotted fever group rickettsiae.

Both I. ricinus and D. reticulatus ticks are known to be the main vectors and reservoirs of the spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFG) worldwide.

What was the causative agent of the disease, L. major or some other Leishmania spp.? What were the main vectors and animal reservoirs?

Obtained data highlighting the possible role of Cx. pipiens mosquito as the main vector for WNV and USUV in Northern Italy, and the possible involvement of Ae. albopictus mosquito in USUV cycle.