A first report of Anopheles funestus sibling species in western Kenya highlands.

ABSTRACT: Understanding disease vector composition is of priority in designing effective disease control programs. In integrated vector control management, understanding of disease vector species among species complexes simplifies priorities for effective control tools selection. This study identified members of the Anopheles funestus complex sampled in western Kenya from 2002 to 2011 from different breeding sites. Larval sampling was carried out using the standard dipper (350ml) in larval habitats in western Kenya highlands from January 2002 to December 2012. The morphologically identified An. funestus larvae were preserved in absolute ethanol for molecular identification using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Among the 184 identified specimens of An. funestus sampled, only 76 specimens were clearl

SUBMITTER: Kweka EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3775913 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature