Title
Molecular taxonomy of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) benarrochi (Diptera: Culicidae) and malaria epidemiology in Southern Amazonian Peru
Date Issued
01 February 2013
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Conn J.E.
Bickersmith S.A.
Knoll E.
Burrus R.G.
Rivera E.
University of California San Diego
Unidad de Investigación Médica Naval-6
Unidad de Investigación Médica Naval-6
Unidad de Investigación Médica Naval-6
University of California San Diego
Abstract
Anopheline specimens were collected in 2011 by human landing catch, Shannon and CDC traps from the malaria endemic localities of Santa Rosa and San Pedro in Madre de Dios Department, Peru. Most specimens were either Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) benarrochi B or An. (Nys.) rangeli, confirmed by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism-internal transcribed spacer 2 (PCR-RFLP-ITS2) and, for selected individuals, ITS2 sequences. A few specimens from Lupuna, Loreto Department, northern Amazonian Peru, were also identified as An. benarrochi B. A statistical parsimony network using ITS2 sequences confirmed that all Peruvian An. benarrochi B analyzed were identical to those in GenBank from Putumayo, southern Colombia. Sequences of the mtDNA COI BOLD region of specimens from all three Peruvian localities were connected using a statistical parsimony network, although there were multiple mutation steps between northern and southern Peruvian sequences. A Bayesian inference of concatenated Peruvian sequences of ITS2+COI detected a single clade with very high support for all An. benarrochi B except one individual from Lupuna that was excluded. No samples were positive for Plasmodium by CytB-PCR. Copyright © 2013 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Start page
319
End page
324
Volume
88
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Epidemiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84874026142
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ISSN of the container
00029637
Sponsor(s)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - K24AI068903, R01AI054139, U19AI089681.
Fogarty International Center - D43TW007393.
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