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Molecular Analysis Reveals a High Diversity of Anopheline Mosquitoes in Yanomami Lands and the Pantanal Region of Brazil
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NASCIMENTO, Teresa Fernandes Silva do et al. Molecular Analysis Reveals a High Diversity of Anopheline Mosquitoes in Yanomami Lands and the Pantanal Region of Brazil. Genes, v. 12, p. 1-5, Dec. 2021.
2073-4425
10.3390/genes12121995
Autor
Nascimento, Teresa Fernandes Silva do
Sánchez-Ribas, Jordi
Oliveira, Tatiane M. P.
Bourke, Brian Patrick
Ferreira, Joseli Oliveira
Freitas, Maria Goreti Rosa
Oliveira, Ricardo Lourenço de
Silva, Mariana Marinho e
Neves, Maycon Sebastião Alberto Santos
Conn, Jan E.
Sallum, Maria Anice Mureb
Resumen
Identifying the species of the subfamily Anophelinae that are Plasmodium vectors is important to vector and malaria control. espite the increase in cases, vector mosquitoes remain poorly known in Brazilian indigenous communities. This study explores Anophelinae mosquito diversity in the following areas: (1) a Yanomami reserve in the northwestern Amazon Brazil biome and (2) the Pantanal biome in southwestern Brazil. This is carried out by analyzing cytochrome c oxidase (COI) gene data using Refined Single Linkage (RESL), Assemble Species by Automatic Partitioning (ASAP), and tree-based multi-rate Poisson tree processes (mPTP) as species delimitation approaches. A total of 216 specimens collected from the Yanomami and Pantanal regions were sequenced and combined with 547 reference sequences for species delimitation analyses. The mPTP analysis for all sequences resulted in the delimitation of 45 species groups, while the ASAP analysis provided the partition of 48 groups. ESL analysis resulted in 63 operational taxonomic units (OTUs). This study expands our scant knowledge of anopheline species in the Yanomami and Pantanal regions. At least 18 species of Anophelinae mosquitoes were found in these study areas. Additional studies are now required to determine the species that transmit Plasmodium spp. in these regions.