Molecular Characterization Reveals Diverse and Unknown Malaria Vectors in the Western Kenyan Highlands

• Published in: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 94; no. 2; pp. 327 - 335
• Main Authors: St. Laurent, Brandyce, Cooke, Mary, Krishnankutty, Sindhu M., Asih, Puji, Mueller, John D., Kahindi, Samuel, Ayoma, Elizabeth, Oriango, Robin M., Thumloup, Julie, Drakeley, Chris, Cox, Jonathan, Collins, Frank H., Lobo, Neil F., Stevenson, Jennifer C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 01.02.2016
• Subjects: Animals; Anopheles - classification; Anopheles - genetics; Anopheles funestus; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer - genetics; Electron Transport Complex IV - genetics; Electron Transport Complex IV - metabolism; Feeding Behavior; Gene Expression Regulation - physiology; Humans; Insect Vectors - classification; Kenya - epidemiology; Malaria - epidemiology; Phylogeny; Plasmodium falciparum; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Kenya

The success of mosquito-based malaria control is dependent upon susceptible bionomic traits in local malaria vectors. It is crucial to have accurate and reliable methods to determine mosquito species composition in areas subject to malaria. An unexpectedly diverse set of Anopheles species was collec...