Receptivity to malaria in Europe.
Experimental work has confirmed the refractoriness of Anopheles atroparvus to tropical strains of Plasmodium falciparum to which A. labranchiae may also be refractory. This indicates a lower receptivity to malaria in Europe than the existing vector densities and increasing number of parasite carriers would suggest.
D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000382:microbiology*; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D008288:Malaria / Q000635:transmission; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum