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- Malaria is common in Linzhi Prefecture, Tibet, but the specific mosquito responsible for spreading it was unknown until this study.
- Researchers collected over 3,600 mosquitoes in 2007 and identified that 98% were Anopheles pseudowillmori, with a small percentage being Anopheles willmori.
- The findings confirmed that Anopheles pseudowillmori is the primary mosquito vector for malaria in Motuo County.
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Background: Malaria is endemic in Linzhi Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), but the vector for malaria transmission had never been identified.
Methods: Adult Anopheles spp. were collected in Motuo County, Linzhi Prefecture on the Sino-Indian border in July and August, 2007. Multiplex PCR was adopted for species identification, and a nested PCR approach was used to detect sporozoites in the salivary glands of the mosquitoes.
Results: 3,675 mosquitoes of the Anopheles maculatus group were collected and processed for species identification. Among them, 3,602 (98.0%) were Anopheles pseudowillmori and 73 (2.0%) were Anopheles willmori. The Plasmodium vivax SSUrDNA fragment was amplified in two of 360 pooled An. pseudowillmori samples.
Conclusion: The local An. maculatus group comprises the species An. pseudowillmori and An. willmori. Anopheles pseudowillmori is considered the sole malaria vector in Motuo County in Linzhi Prefecture.
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