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16354815

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-12-15
pubmed:abstractText
Anopheles arabiensis, together with Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto, are the most important vectors of human malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. The malaria situation keeps worsening, with 1 to 3 million deaths a year, and alternative strategies are needed to decrease malaria transmission intensity. In this paper, we studied the population structure of An. arabiensis from three sample sites on the remote Indian Ocean island of La Réunion. Our results showed strong genetic structuring between An. arabiensis populations on La Réunion, indicating the presence of barriers to gene flow. Reasons for such a high genetic differentiation are discussed, including the role of intensive control measures that have maintained reduced effective population size as well as a putative genetic adaptation to the environment. This strong structuring situation on the island represents an ideal framework for the prospect of genetic-based control trials.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0002-9637
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
73
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1077-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Population structure of Anopheles arabiensis on La Réunion island, Indian Ocean.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Yaoundé, Cameroon. morlais@ird.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't