Novel vectors of malaria parasites in the western highlands of Kenya

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1547-1549

  Stevenson, Jennifer ^a   St Laurent, Brandyce ^b   Lobo, Neil F ^b   Cooke, Mary K ^a   Kahindi, Samuel C ^c   Oriango, Robin M ^c   Harbach, Ralph E ^d   Cox, Jonathan ^a   Drakeley, Chris ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES COUSTANI; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; KENYA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; MALARIA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84865321071     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1809.120283     Document Type: Letter

References (9)

1. Gillies MT, de Meillon B. The Anophelinae of Africa south of the Sahara, 2nd ed. Johannesburg South Africa): South African Institute of Medical Research; 1968.
2. Reddy MR, Overgaard HJ, Abaga S, Reddy VP, Caccone A, Kiszewski AE, et al. Outdoor host seeking behaviour of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes following initiation of malaria vector control on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. Malar J. 2011;10:184. http://dx.doi. org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-184
3. Bayoh MN, Mathias DK, Odiere MR, Mutuku FM, Kamau L, Gimnig JE, et al. Anopheles gambiae: historical population decline associated with regional distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets in western Nyanza Province, Kenya. Malar J. 2010;9:62. PubMed http://dx.doi. org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-62
4. Gillies MT, Coetzee M. A supplement to the Anophelinae of Africa south of the Sahara (Afrotropical region). Johannesburg: South African Institute of Medical Research; 1987.
5. Hervy J, Le Goff G, Geoffroy J, Hervé L, Manga L, Brunhes J. Les anophèles de la région Afro-tropicale. Logiciel d'identifi cation et d'enseignement [CD-ROM; in French, English, Poruguese]. Paris: ORSTOM édition, série Didactiques; 1998.
6. Scott JA, Brogdon WG, Collins FH. Identification of single specimens of the Anopheles gambiae complex by the polymerase chain reaction. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1993;49:520-529. PubMed
7. Riehle MM, Guelbeogo WM, Gneme A, Eiglmeier K, Holm I, Bischoff E, et al. A cryptic subgroup of Anopheles gambiae is highly susceptible to human malaria parasites. Science. 2011;331:596-598. PubMed http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1196759
8. Ototo EN, Githeko AK, Wanjala CL, Scott TW. Surveillance of vector populations and malaria transmission during the 2009/10 El Niño event in the western Kenya highlands: opportunities for early detection of malaria hyper-transmission. Parasit Vectors. 2011;4:144. PubMed http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-4-144 9.
9. Awono-ambene HP, Kengne P, Simard F, Antonio-Nkondjio C, Fontenille D. Description and bionomics of Anopheles (Cellia) ovengensis (Diptera: Culicidae), a new malaria vector species of the Anopheles nili group from south Cameroon. J Med Entomol. 2004;41:561-568. PubMed http:// dx.doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-41.4.561