Could malaria return to Britain?

Biologist (London). 2000 Sep;47(4):176-80.

Abstract

With predicted global warming, the mosquito fauna of Britain is certain to change. How will this effect our native Anopheles mosquitoes and the development of malarial parasites within them? Will exotic species become established, and act as more effective vectors of malaria?

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anopheles / growth & development*
  • Anopheles / parasitology
  • Female
  • Greenhouse Effect*
  • Humans
  • Insect Bites and Stings
  • Insect Vectors / growth & development*
  • Insect Vectors / parasitology
  • Malaria, Vivax / epidemiology
  • Malaria, Vivax / transmission*
  • Plasmodium vivax / growth & development*
  • Plasmodium vivax / pathogenicity
  • Temperature
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology
  • Water / parasitology

Substances

  • Water