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DOI	10.1186/s13071-019-3332-z
	A previously unreported potential malaria vector in a dry ecology of Kenya
	Ogola, Edwin O.; Chepkorir, Edith; Sang, Rosemary; Tchouassi, David P.
通讯作者	Tchouassi, David P.
来源期刊	PARASITES & VECTORS
ISSN	1756-3305
出版年	2019
卷号	12
英文摘要	BackgroundIn Kenya, malaria remains a major public health menace equally affecting the semi-arid to arid ecologies. However, entomologic knowledge of malaria vectors in such areas remains poor.MethodsMorphologically-identified wild-caught Anopheles funestus (s.l.) specimens trapped outdoors from the semi-arid to arid area of Kacheliba, West Pokot County, Kenya, were analysed by PCR and sequencing for species identification, malaria parasite infection and hostblood-meal sources.ResultsThree hundred and thirty specimens were analysed to identify sibling species of the An. funestus group, none of which amplified using the available primers; two were infected with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium ovale, separately, while 84% (n = 25) of the blood-fed specimens had fed on humans. Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) and nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) sequences of 55 specimens (Plasmodium-positive, blood-fed and Plasmodium-negative) did not match reference sequences, possibly suggesting a previously unreported species, resolving as two clades.ConclusionsOur findings indicate the existence of yet-to-be identified and described anopheline species with a potential as malaria vectors in Kenya.
英文关键词	Anopheles funestus group Malaria transmission Entomological surveillance Molecular approaches Dry ecology Kenya
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Kenya
开放获取类型	gold, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000458463500001
WOS关键词	ANOPHELES-FUNESTUS ; CULICIDAE ; DIPTERA ; DIVERSE ; MEMBERS ; SAHEL
WOS类目	Parasitology ; Tropical Medicine
WOS研究方向	Parasitology ; Tropical Medicine
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/217879
作者单位	Icipe, POB 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ogola, Edwin O.,Chepkorir, Edith,Sang, Rosemary,et al. A previously unreported potential malaria vector in a dry ecology of Kenya[J],2019,12.
APA	Ogola, Edwin O.,Chepkorir, Edith,Sang, Rosemary,&Tchouassi, David P..(2019).A previously unreported potential malaria vector in a dry ecology of Kenya.PARASITES & VECTORS,12.
MLA	Ogola, Edwin O.,et al."A previously unreported potential malaria vector in a dry ecology of Kenya".PARASITES & VECTORS 12(2019).