Identification of Anopheles species in Sud Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, using molecular tools

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• Alternative Title:
  Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
• Personal Author:
  Bandibabone, Janvier ; Muhigwa, Jean-Berckmans B. ; Agramonte, Natasha M. ; Zawadi, Bertin ; Ombeni, Luc ; Corredor-Medina, Claudia ; Lawrence, Gena G. ; Chimanuka, Bantuzeko ; Irish, Seth R.
• Description:
  The mosquito fauna of the Democratic Republic of Congo remains understudied, including that of the province of Sud Kivu. To improve understanding of species presenting Sud Kivu, adult mosquitoes were collected from houses and larvae were collected from standing water at altitudes between 1627 and 1875 m above sea level. Morphological and molecular methods were used to identify the species of Anopheles collected. Six species were found, including several primary and potential secondary malaria vectors. Further work is needed to characterize mosquito populations in Sud Kivu, as well as to improve methods for identifying Anopheles in general.
• Subjects:
  Animals Anopheles Democratic Republic Of The Congo Humans Malaria Mosquito Vectors Species Specificity
• Keywords:
  CO1 Democratic Republic Of Congo ITS2 Sud Kivu
• Source:
  Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 112(8):405-407
• Pubmed ID:
  30085272
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10961943
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  112
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0a0f716fc3b3d41aa268a0555fd16b6d7e6ffabaaa0a65af883ace75249377a6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/153530/cdc_153530_DS1.pdf
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