Publication: Polymerase chain reaction identification of three members of the Anopheles sundaicus (Diptera: Culicidae) complex, malaria vectors in Southeast Asia
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2007-09-01
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00222585
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Journal of Medical Entomology. Vol.44, No.5 (2007), 723-731
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Isabelle Dusfour, Johanna Blondeau, Ralph E. Harbach, Indra Vythilingham, Visut Baimai, Ho D. Trung, Tho Sochanta, Michael J. Bangs, Sylvie Manguin Polymerase chain reaction identification of three members of the Anopheles sundaicus (Diptera: Culicidae) complex, malaria vectors in Southeast Asia. Journal of Medical Entomology. Vol.44, No.5 (2007), 723-731. doi:10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[723:PCRIOT]2.0.CO;2 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/23985
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Polymerase chain reaction identification of three members of the Anopheles sundaicus (Diptera: Culicidae) complex, malaria vectors in Southeast Asia
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IRD Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
The Natural History Museum, London
Institute for Medical Research Kuala Lumpur
Mahidol University
National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology Hanoi
National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control
Preventive Medicine Department
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
The Natural History Museum, London
Institute for Medical Research Kuala Lumpur
Mahidol University
National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology Hanoi
National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control
Preventive Medicine Department
Abstract
Anopheles sundaicus s.l., a major malaria vector taxon, occurs primarily along coastal areas and on islands in Southeast Asia. Our previous studies using cytochrome oxidase I, cytochrome-b, and internal transcribed spacer 2 markers discriminated three allopatric species: An. sundaicus s.s. in northern Borneo, An. epiroticus in Southeast Asia, and An. sundaicus E on Sumatra and Java, Indonesia. Morphological comparisons of three developmental stages did not reveal unique diagnostic characters that could reliably distinguish the three species. Therefore, we developed a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay based on two mitochondrial DNA markers to unambiguously identify them, This PCR was tested on 374 specimens from 24 different geographical populations, expanding our knowledge of the distribution of these species. © 2007 Entomological Society of America.