ISCEP 2026 At Sunway Putra Hotel 17-18 August 2026
ABSTRACT
POSTER PRESENTATION ABSTRACT
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ABUNDANCE, DIVERSITY, AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANOPHELES MOSQUITOES ALONG THE MALAYSIA- THAILAND BORDER, JELI DISTRICT, KELANTAN, MALAYSIA, 2018-2025
Mohd Azmi NUR NADIA", Nik Adib NIK AIDA!, Mohd Kamaruzaman AHMAD ZULFAHMI, Muhammad Jaafar NORJAIZA², Mohd Noordin NUR AKMARINA² Sulaiman SURAYA³
"Tanah Merah District Health Office, Tanab Marab, Kalantan, Malaysia Kelantan State Heath Department, Kata hala Pasir Puteh Dict Heath Oice, Pasir Puteh, Kelantan, Malayala "nurada [email protected]
Despite significant reductions in malaria transmission through regional elimination programmes malaria remains a major vector-bome disease in Southeast Asia. The border areas between Malaysia and Thailand are of epidemiological concem due to frequent human movement, forest- related activities, and the presence of effective Anopheles spp. mosquito vectors. Entomological surveillance was conducted in Jeli District, Kelantan, Malaysia, covering eight localities within 5 km of the Malaysia-Thailand border The goal was to identify the species composition, abundance and diversity of Anopheles spp. mosquitoes in this area. Sampling took place over four consecutive daya and nights using human landing catchers, animal-baked traps, eating collections and larval surveys. Collected mosquitoes were morphologically identified to the species level. A total of 5,861 Anopheles mosquitoes representing 22 species were collected. The most abundant species were Anopheles Rochi in 1814), Anopheles maculatus in 16381 Anopheles barbirostris (n=631) and Anopheles seats (558) Conversely, species such as Anopheles sinensis and Anopheles paralise, were rarely encountered Diversity analysis showed moderate mosquito diversity, with a Shannon-Wiener Index of (1931) and a Simpson's diversity index of (1-D) of 0.7896. Species richness was moderate but unevenly distributed, being dominated by a few key species. The dominance of Anopheles kochi and Anopheles maculatus aligns with earlier studies in Malaysia and Thailand, where these mosquitoes thrive in forest edges, rural landscapes, and border areas. These findings highlight the epidemiological importance of bander regions as habitats for malaria vectors and emphasise the need for continuous surveillance to support malaria prevention and elimination efforts along the Malaysia-Thailand bander
Keywords: Angeles spp, malaria vectors entomological surveillance, species diversity, Meleys-Thond border
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