Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2024)

Molecular Confirmation of Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes in the Al Hudaydah Governorate, Yemen, 2021 and 2022

  • Methaq Assada,
  • Mohammed Al-Hadi,
  • Mohammed A. Esmail,
  • Jamil Al-Jurban,
  • Abdulsamad Alkawri,
  • Arif Shamsan,
  • Payton Terreri,
  • Jeanne N. Samake,
  • Adel Aljasari,
  • Abdullah A. Awash,
  • Samira M. Al Eryani,
  • Tamar E. Carter

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3007.240331
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 7
pp. 1467 – 1471

Abstract

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We detected malaria vector Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes in the Al Hudaydah governorate in Yemen by using DNA sequencing. We report 2 cytochrome c oxidase subunit I haplotypes, 1 previously found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, and Yemen. These findings provide insight into invasive An. stephensi mosquitoes in Yemen and their connection to East Africa.

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