Beebe, Nigel W., Russell, Tanya L., Burkot, Thomas R., Lobo, Neil F., and Cooper, Robert D. (2013) The systematics and bionomics of malaria vectors in the southwest Pacific. In: Manguin, Sylvie, (ed.) Anopheles Mosquitoes: new insights into malaria vectors. InTech, Rijeka, Croatia, pp. 357-394.

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[Extract] The malaria transmission zone in the southwest Pacific ranges from Indonesia (Papua Province) through Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Solomon Islands to Vanuatu. The island of Tanna in Vanuatu marks the southern and eastern limit of the region's malaria endemic area. The malaria-free island of Aneityum is the most easterly location where anophelines are found (Fig 1). While northern Australia previously experienced regular outbreaks of malaria, the disease was eliminated in 1962 [1] – although it still experiences sporadic outbreaks following reintroductions of the parasites [2]. Malaria remains the most important vector-borne disease in the region with Indonesian Papua, PNG and the Solomon Islands enduring some of the highest attack rates in the world outside Africa.

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