A parasitological, cytogenetic and biochemical study of Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) from the People's Republic of Congo.
A sample of 41 live adult members of the Anopheles gambiae complex were obtained from Yaka Yaka, near Brazzaville, People's Republic of Congo. They were collected resting in human habitations. Thirty-seven specimens were identified as A. gambiae s.s. using cytogenetic and electrophoretic criteria. Of the identified sample, one specimen was heterozygous for a previously undescribed inversion on chromosome arm 3. One female and the progeny of a second were found to be polymorphic for a superoxide dismutase electromorph previously only found in A. bwambae and A. arabiensis. Thirty-four specimens were examined for plasmodia. Five had oocysts on their stomachs and 2 had sporozoites in the salivary glands.
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Department of Tropical Pathology, School of Pathology, South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg.
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D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000469:parasitology; D003223:Congo; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D007621:Karyotyping; D014960:X Chromosome