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. 2026 Mar 26;2026:gigabyte175. doi: 10.46471/gigabyte.175
Editor’s Assessment In Sub Saharan Africa malaria is a major public health challenge accounting for over 251 million cases and over 500,000 deaths, there is however limited data on spatiotemporal distribution of Anopheles mosquitoes across different ecological zones, which hinders modelling research and control strategies. This paper is one of a series of Data Release papers in GigaByte supported by TDR and the WHO describing datasets hosted in GBIF to tackle these data gaps in vectors of human disease data. This paper presents data on Anopheles mosquitoes sampled from twelve sites across the three ecological zones of Ghana (Coastal, Forest and Sahel Savannah zones) using human landing catches and Prokopack3 aspirator. Overall, a total of 47,771 Anopheline mosquitoes (An. gambiae s.l, An. funestus, An. Pharoensis and An. rufipes were collected from all the study during the dry and rainy seasons. Peer review and data auditing found the data to be well validated. The information contained can serve as a resource for studies focused on assessing transmission risks, vector control strategies, disease surveillance and a broader comprehension of mosquito ecology in the various ecological zones of Ghana.
Editor’s Assessment In Sub Saharan Africa malaria is a major public health challenge accounting for over 251 million cases and over 500,000 deaths, there is however limited data on spatiotemporal distribution of Anopheles mosquitoes across different ecological zones, which hinders modelling research and control strategies. This paper is one of a series of Data Release papers in GigaByte supported by TDR and the WHO describing datasets hosted in GBIF to tackle these data gaps in vectors of human disease data. This paper presents data on Anopheles mosquitoes sampled from twelve sites across the three ecological zones of Ghana (Coastal, Forest and Sahel Savannah zones) using human landing catches and Prokopack3 aspirator. Overall, a total of 47,771 Anopheline mosquitoes (An. gambiae s.l, An. funestus, An. Pharoensis and An. rufipes were collected from all the study during the dry and rainy seasons. Peer review and data auditing found the data to be well validated. The information contained can serve as a resource for studies focused on assessing transmission risks, vector control strategies, disease surveillance and a broader comprehension of mosquito ecology in the various ecological zones of Ghana.