TY - JOUR AU - Pol, Morgane AU - Kilama, Sosiasi AU - Duperier, Sandy AU - Soupé-Gilbert, Marie-Estelle AU - Calvez, Elodie AU - Pocquet, Nicolas T1 - Introduction of the Anopheles bancroftii Mosquito, a Malaria Vector, into New Caledonia T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 3 SP - 604 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In June 2017, an Anopheles mosquito species was detected in New Caledonia. Morphologic identification and genomic sequencing revealed that the specimens tested belong to An. bancroftii genotype A1. This introduction underscores the risk for local malaria transmission and the vulnerability of New Caledonia to vector introduction. KW - Anopheles bancroftii KW - malaria vector KW - mosquito introduction KW - New Caledonia KW - Pacific region KW - vector-borne KW - mosquitoborne KW - vector-borne infections KW - mosquitoborne infections KW - parasites KW - malaria DO - 10.3201/eid2403.171689 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/3/17-1689_article ER - End of Reference