Molecular characterization of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae s.s. in Madagascar

Gilbert Le Goff (1) , Jean-Michel Leong Pock Tsy , Vincent Robert (1)

1 MIVEGEC - Maladies infectieuses et vecteurs : écologie, génétique, évolution et contrôle

Anopheles gambiae s.s. Giles (Diptera: Culicidae), the primary African malaria vector, has been characterized at the subspecies level in Madagascar, where only the molecular form S and haplotype gIA occur. The haplotype gIC proposed by other authors was not observed amongst the 35 mosquito genomes sequenced. These S/gIA characteristics are also found on the Comoros archipelago and in continental Africa.

Mots clés: Anopheles gambiae; ITS; IGS; malaria; molecular characterization; Madagascar

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Gilbert Le Goff, Jean-Michel Leong Pock Tsy, Vincent Robert. Molecular characterization of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae s.s. in Madagascar. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 2006, 20 (2), pp.259-260. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.00628.x⟩. ⟨hal-03359154⟩