Multiple Novel Clades of Anopheline Mosquitoes Caught Outdoors in Northern Zambia.

ABSTRACT: Residual vector populations that do not come in contact with the most frequently utilized indoor-directed interventions present major challenges to global malaria eradication. Many of these residual populations are mosquito species about which little is known. As part of a study to assess the threat of outdoor exposure to malaria mosquitoes within the Southern and Central Africa International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research, foraging female anophelines were collected outside households in Nchelenge District, northern Zambia. These anophelines proved to be more diverse than had previously been reported in the area. In order to further characterize the anopheline species, sequencing and phylogenetic approaches were utilized. Anopheline mosquitoes were collected from outdoor light

SUBMITTER: Jones CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9384971 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature