First identification of Microsporidia MB in Anopheles coluzzii from Zinder City, Niger.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malaria, a disease transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes, is a major public health problem causing millions of deaths worldwide, mostly among children under the age of 5 years. Biotechnological interventions targeting parasite-vector interactions have shown that the microsporidian symbiont Microsporidia MB has the potential to disrupt and block Plasmodium transmission.

Methods

A prospective cross-sectional survey was conducted in Zinder City (Zinder), Niger, from August to September 2022, using the CDC light trap technique to collect adult mosquitoes belonging to the Anopheles gambiae complex. The survey focused on collecting mosquitoes from three neighborhoods of Zinder (Birni, Kangna and Garin Malan, located in communes I, II and IV, respectively). Collected mosqu

SUBMITTER: Moustapha LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10826271 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature