Establishment of Real-Time PCR Method to Differentiate Phlebotomus sichuanensis (Diptera, Psychodidae) from P. chinensis s.s. Based on Whole Mitochondrial Genome Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Phlebotomus sichuanensis, considered a potential vector for visceral leishmaniasis (VL), is distributed in the southern Gansu and northern Sichuan regions in China. However, the high similarity in the morphology of P. sichuanensis and P. chinensis s.s. poses unresolved taxonomic challenges. In this study, phlebotomine sand flies were collected from three locations in the southern Gansu and northern Sichuan regions (SCB group) and three locations that are the dominant distribution areas of P. chinensis s.s. (ZHB group). Their whole mitochondrial genomes were sequenced and analyzed. The differential analysis revealed that there were 339 fixed differential sites in the mitochondrial genome-coding region of P. chinensis s.s. and P. sichuanensis, among

SUBMITTER: Dong H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11676697 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature