Invasive Vector Species of Malaria in Desert Environments

Abstract

AbstractSpecies that reproduce quickly and grow stupendously in population structure, and disperse aggressively, with potential to cause harm, are labelled as ‘invasive’. Mosquitos and the infections they carry are travelling along trade routes and settling in ever-expanding cities. In as far as Culicidae is concerned, an invasive mosquito is a species that, by its introduction, causes ecological, economic or health-related harm in a new environment where it is not native. Human health and economies are at recurring risk from invasive mosquito species’ potential to affect a large number of vector-borne diseases. Such invasive species have an indelible, irreversible and multidimensional influence on our natural ecosystems, particularly in context with human health and economy, which may invite billions of dollars’ expenditure each year to counter its ill effects by way of recurring investments in vector and vector-borne disease interventions of different nature. Since healthy native ecosystems are essential to sustain many of our commercial, agricultural and recreational activities, therefore, it is desirable to keep a check on the invasion of such species of inimical attribute.