16S Metagenomic Comparison of Plasmodium falciparum-Infected and Noninfected Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus Microbiota from Senegal.

ABSTRACT: In the context of the pre-elimination of malaria, biological control may provide an alternative or additional tool to current malaria control strategies. During their various stages of development, mosquitoes undergo subsequent changes in their associated microbiota, depending on their environment and nutritional status. Although Anopheles gambiae s.l. and Anopheles funestus are the two major malaria vectors in Senegal, the composition of their microbiota is not yet well known. In this study, we explored the microbiota of mosquitoes naturally infected or not by Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) using the 16S ribosomal RNA gene-based bacterial metagenomic approach. In both vector species, the microbiota was more diverse in Pf-infected samples than in the noninfec

SUBMITTER: Bassene H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6283497 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature