Population Genetics of Anopheles pretoriensis in Grande Comore Island.

ABSTRACT: Anopheles pretoriensis is widely distributed across Africa, including on oceanic islands such as Grande Comore in the Comoros. This species is known to be mostly zoophylic and therefore considered to have low impact on the transmission of human malaria. However, A. pretoriensis has been found infected with Plasmodium, suggesting that it may be epidemiologically important. In the present study, we sequenced and assembled the complete mitogenome of A. pretoriensis and inferred its phylogenetic relationship among other species in the subgenus Cellia. We also investigated the genetic structure of A. pretoriensis populations on Grande Comore Island, and between this island population and sites in continental Africa, using partial sequence of the mitocho

SUBMITTER: Campos M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9866569 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature