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18187801

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-11
pubmed:abstractText
Mosquitoes of the Anopheles gambiae complex (N = 1,336) were sampled (2001-2005) across Angola to identify taxa, study inversion polymorphisms, and detect the circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium falciparum. Anopheles gambiae s.s. was found in all sites; it was characterized as M-form in localities of the tropical dry and semi-desertic belts, whereas the S-form was predominant in comparatively more humid and less anthropized sites. Both forms were characterized by low degrees of chromosomal polymorphism based solely on the 2La inversion, a pattern usually associated with An. gambiae populations from forested, humid, and derived savanna areas. Unexpectedly, this pattern was also observed in M-form populations collected in dry/pre-desertic areas, where this form largely predominates over An. arabiensis, which was also detected in central/inland sites. Anopheles melas was found in northern coastal sites. Three of 534 An. gambiae s.s. were positive for P. falciparum CS-protein, whereas none of the 105 An. melas were positive.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0002-9637
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
169-75
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Distribution and chromosomal characterization of the Anopheles gambiae complex in Angola.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Scienze di Sanità Pubblica, Sezione de Parassitologia, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, Italy. Maria.Calzetta@uniroma1.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't