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

Abstract Background The malaria mosquito Anopheles punctipennis, a widely distributed species in North America, is capable of transmitting human malaria and is actively involved in the transmission of the ungulate malaria parasite Plasmodium odocoilei. However, molecular diagnostic tools based on In...

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Main Authors: James M. Hodge, Andrey A. Yurchenko, Dmitriy A. Karagodin, Reem A. Masri, Ryan C. Smith, Mikhail I. Gordeev, Maria V. Sharakhova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:Malaria Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03676-4