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Anopheles gambiae complex along The Gambia river, with particular reference to the molecular forms of An. gambiae s.s

Beniamino Caputo1, Davis Nwakanma2, Musa Jawara2, Majidah Adiamoh2, Ibrahima Dia3, Lassana Konate4, Vincenzo Petrarca5, David J Conway2* and Alessandra della Torre1*

Author Affiliations

1 Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci-Bolognetti, Sezione di Parassitologia, Dipartimento di Scienze di Sanità Pubblica, Università "La Sapienza", Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy

2 Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, P.O. Box 273, Banjul, The Gambia

3 Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal

4 University of Dakar, Senegal

5 Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci-Bolognetti, Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare, Università "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy

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Malaria Journal 2008, 7:182 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-182

Published: 22 September 2008

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Additional file 1:

Monthly rainfall in study area. Monthly rainfall (mm) in: LRA-W = Lower River Area Western, LRA-S = Lower River Area South Bank, LRA-N = Lower River Area North Bank, CRA = Central River Area, URA = Upper River Area, TAM = Tambacounda, KED = Kedougou, during October-2005 (red line), August-2006 (blue line) and September-2006 (green line). Data from local meteorological stations.

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Landscape analysis for Gambian villages where collections were carried out. Relative frequencies of the seven landscape classes within a 1-km radius from the centre of the village. Rice field (yellow), Cultivation (red), Woods (green), Mangrove (light-blue), Grass land (grey), Swamp (dark-blue), Populated Area (black). Numbers above pie-charts refer to samples as listed in Table 1. Dashed lines indicate the boundaries of the arbitrarily defined areas and sub-areas. LRA-W = Lower River Area-Western, LRA-S = Lower River Area-South Bank, LRA-N = Lower River Area-North Bank, CRA = Central River Area, URA = Upper River Area.

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