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Genotype and biotype of invasive Anopheles stephensi in Mannar Island of Sri Lanka.
Parasites & vectors - 3 Jan 2018
Surendran Sinnathamby N, Sivabalakrishnan Kokila, Gajapathy Kanapathy, Arthiyan Sivasingham, Jayadas Tibutius T P, Karvannan Kalingarajah, Raveendran Selvarajah, Parakrama Karunaratne S H P, Ramasamy Ranjan
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BACKGROUND: Anopheles stephensi, the major vector of urban malaria in India, was recently detected for the first time in Sri Lanka in Mannar Island on the northwestern coast. Since there are different biotypes of An. stephensi with different vector capacities in India, a study was undertaken to further characterise the genotype and biotype of An. stephensi in Mannar Island. METHODS: Mosquito larvae were collected...
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