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The new Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 diagnostic tool clarifies the taxonomic position and geographic distribution of the North American malaria vector Anopheles punctipennis.

James M HodgeAndrey A YurchenkoDmitriy A KaragodinReem A MasriRyan C SmithMikhail I GordeevMaria V Sharakhova
Published in: Malaria journal (2021)
This study developed molecular tools based on ITS2 sequences for the malaria vector An. punctipennis and clarified the phylogenetic position of the species within the Maculipennis group.
Keyphrases
  • plasmodium falciparum
  • genetic diversity
  • aedes aegypti