Extensive new Anopheles cryptic species involved in human malaria transmission in western Kenya.

ABSTRACT: A thorough understanding of malaria vector species composition and their bionomic characteristics is crucial to devise effective and efficient vector control interventions to reduce malaria transmission. It has been well documented in Africa that malaria interventions in the past decade have resulted in major changes in species composition from endophilic Anopheles gambiae to exophilic An. arabiensis. However, the role of cryptic rare mosquito species in malaria transmission is not well known. This study examined the species composition and distribution, with a particular focus on malaria transmission potential of novel, uncharacterized Anopheles cryptic species in western Kenya. Phylogenetic analysis based on ITS2 and COX1 genes revealed 21 Anopheles mosquito species, including two previo

SUBMITTER: Zhong D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7527330 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature