<ns4:p><ns4:bold>Background:</ns4:bold> The insecticide susceptibility status of<ns4:italic>Anopheles funestus,</ns4:italic>one of the main malaria vectors in the Afrotropical regions, remains under-s

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps

• Insecticide resistance selection and reversal in two strains of Aedes aegypti (2020) · doi

  </ns3:p> <ns3:p> <ns3:bold>Conclusions:</ns3:bold> These selected strains, with a range of insecticide resistance phenotypes and genotypes, will support further research on the effects of target-site and/or metabolic resistance mechanisms on various life-history traits, behaviours and vector competence of this important arbovirus vector.

  Keywords: bold resistance vector conclusions selected strains range insecticide phenotypes genotypes support further effects target site
• Diverse novel Wolbachia bacteria strains and genera-specific co-infections with Asaia bacteria in Culicine mosquitoes from ecologically diverse regions of Cameroon (2023) · doi

  </ns4:italic> </ns4:p> <ns4:p> <ns4:bold>Conclusions:</ns4:bold> Our study provides further evidence that <ns4:italic>Wolbachia</ns4:italic> is widespread within wild mosquito populations of diverse Culicine species and provides further candidate strains that could be investigated as future options for <ns4:italic>Wolbachia</ns4:italic> -based biocontrol to inhibit arbovirus transmission.

  Keywords: italic bold provides further wolbachia conclusions evidence widespread within wild mosquito populations diverse culicine species
• Detection of diverse Wolbachia 16S rRNA sequences at low titers from malaria vectors in Kayin state, Myanmar (2019) · doi

  </ns4:p> <ns4:p> <ns4:bold>Conclusion:</ns4:bold> The detection of <ns4:italic>Wolbachia</ns4:italic> DNA in malaria mosquitoes from Kayin state warrants further investigations to understand better the ecology and biology of <ns4:italic>Anopheles</ns4:italic> - <ns4:italic>Wolbachia</ns4:italic> interactions in Southeast Asia.

  Keywords: italic bold wolbachia conclusion detection malaria mosquitoes kayin state warrants further investigations understand better ecology
• Water source most suitable for rearing a sensitive malaria vector, Anopheles funestus in the laboratory (2018) · doi

  <ns4:p><ns4:bold>Background:</ns4:bold> The insecticide susceptibility status of<ns4:italic>Anopheles funestus,</ns4:italic>one of the main malaria vectors in the Afrotropical regions, remains under-studied due to the difficulty of working with this mosquito species.

  Keywords: bold italic background insecticide susceptibility status anopheles funestus main malaria vectors afrotropical regions remains studied