Multiple Anopheles species complicate downstream analysis and decision-making in a malaria pre-elimination area in southern Mozambique.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Different anopheline species (even within a species group/complex) can differ in their feeding and resting behaviours, which impact both malaria transmission patterns as well as the efficacy of vector control interventions. While morphological identification of sampled specimens is an important first step towards understanding species diversity and abundance, misidentification can result in the implementation of less effective vector control measures, and consequently smaller reductions in the number of local malaria cases. Focusing on southern Mozambique, a malaria pre-elimination area where malaria remains persistent, the aims of this preliminary study were to use molecular identification (CO1 and ITS2 barcoding) to (1) validate the results from the morphological ident

SUBMITTER: Maquina M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10797956 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature