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27 December 2016 Identification of Disease-Transmitting Mosquitoes: Development of Species-Specific Probes for DNA Chip Assay Using Mitochondrial COI and ND2 Genes and Ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer 2
Xi Wang, Wu-Chun Tu, En-jiong Huang, Yen-Hou Chen, Jia-Hua Chen, Wen-Bin Yeh
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Mosquitoes, which transmit infectious diseases, such as malaria and dengue fever, are harmful to human health. Thus, accurate and rapid identification of vectors is a critical step for the control of mosquito-borne diseases. However, phenotypic variations in adults, lack of recognizable features of the immature, and fragility of mosquitoes make identification difficult. Molecular approaches have been widely applied to identify mosquitoes, yet these methods have been focused only on the identification of a few species. This study used sequences of two mitochondrial genes, COI and ND2, and a ribosomal gene, ITS2, to design species-specific probes. Biochips thus developed were able to provide simultaneous identification of nine important medical and veterinary species, including the immature, from genera of Aedes, Anopheles, Armigeres, and Culex. This chip was also applied to samples collected from the field. Despite its inability to resolve the close affinity species of Culex quinquefasciatus and Culex pipiens molestus, pertinent biochips are expected to be applied to a mass screening method.

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Xi Wang, Wu-Chun Tu, En-jiong Huang, Yen-Hou Chen, Jia-Hua Chen, and Wen-Bin Yeh "Identification of Disease-Transmitting Mosquitoes: Development of Species-Specific Probes for DNA Chip Assay Using Mitochondrial COI and ND2 Genes and Ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer 2," Journal of Medical Entomology 54(2), 396-402, (27 December 2016). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjw195
Received: 23 January 2016; Accepted: 24 October 2016; Published: 27 December 2016
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KEYWORDS
COI
DNA chip
ITS2
mosquito
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