title: Molecular characterization of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae s.s. in Madagascar.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Entomologie Médicale, Groupe de Recherche sur le Paludisme, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Le Goff
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Léong Pock Tsy
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Robert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000235:genetics*; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006239:Haplotypes; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000235:genetics*; D008270:Madagascar; D008288:Malaria / Q000635:transmission*
chemical_list: D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer