Molecular Detection of Infection Among Anophelinae Mosquitoes and Differentiation of Biological Forms of Collected from Malarious Areas of Afghanistan and Iran

Overview

Journal Ethiop J Health Sci

Specialty Health Services

Date 2022 Jun 13

PMID 35693565

Authors

Vahideh Moin-Vaziri

Navid Dinparast Djadid

Helen Hoosh-Deghati

Hoda Atta

Abbas Ali Raz

Seyyed Javad Seyyed-Tabaei

Naseh Maleki-Ravasan

Sedigheh Zakeri

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Abstract

Background: Updated information on the vectorial capacity of vectors is required in each malarious areas as well in Iran and its neighboring countries such as Afghanistan. The aims of this study were to investigate the potential infection of about 800 specimens collected from malarious areas of Afghanistan and Iran, and to differentiate biological forms of Anopheles stephensi.

Method: Two molecular markers, 18S RNA gene subunit and AsteObp1 intron I, were used respectively for investigation Plasmodium infection and identifying the biological forms of An. stephensi.

Results: Plasmodium infection was detected in 4 pools of Afghanistan specimens, including An. stephensi, collected from Nangarhar. Individually examination showed infection in 5 An. stephensi (infection rate: 1.25), to P. falciparum (2), P. vivax (2) and a mix infection. Out of five infected specimens, three were intermediate forms and two were mysorensis. No infection was found in specimens collected from Iran (Chabahar County), probably due to the active malaria control program in south-east of Iran.

Conclusion: The key role of An. stephensi, as a known Asian malaria vector, was re-emphasized in Afghanistan by the results achieved here. The fauna of vectors and the pattern of biological forms of An. stephensi are similar in both countries that urge regional investigations to provide evidence-based and applied data for decision-maker in malaria control.

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