title: Confirmation of the occurrence of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) marajoara in French Guiana.
abstract: Throughout the early entomological campaigns in French Guiana (1900-1945), the presence of members of the Anopheles albitarsis Complex was reported in many places across the territory. However, since then no specimen has been caught despite many entomological studies conducted on the littoral and along the main rivers in places where malaria was endemic. We report here the 1st catches in the modern period of specimens of the An. albitarsis Complex in the deep rainforest. During a military intervention, Mosquito-Magnet traps and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention light traps were used to sample malaria vectors in an illegal gold mining area and a permanent checkpoint. Members of the An. albitarsis caught were molecularly identified using DNA barcoding. In the 2 sites where An. albitarsis s.l. were caught, all specimens were An. marajoara. As An. marajoara is considered as an important malaria vector in Amazonia, the highest interest must be shown to this species in French Guiana.
authors: Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Unité d'Entomologie Médicale, 23 avenue Pasteur, BP6010, 97306 Cayenne cedex, French Guiana.
authors: Isabelle
authors: I
authors: Dusfour
authors: Fanny
authors: F
authors: Jarjaval
authors: Pascal
authors: P
authors: Gaborit
authors: Marie
authors: M
authors: Mura
authors: Romain
authors: R
authors: Girod
authors: Frédéric
authors: F
authors: Pagès
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D003710:Demography; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005616:French Guiana; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D021122:Protein Subunits; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV