The present study was carried out in 26 villages at two Governates (Al-Khobah, and Haroob) in Jazan Region in Southwest Saudi Arabia to identify and detect the presence of Plasmodium in Anopheles arabiensis using nested-PCR technique. An. Arabiensis was identified by PCR and it was the predominant Anopheles mosquito in all the collection sites. A total of 257 An. Arabiensis females were collected and two samples from two villages (Almuatan and Alsabkha) out of 107 (1.87%) female mosquitoes from Haroob Governorate were found positive for the sporozoites of Plasmodium falciparum. Similarly, 3 out of 150 (2%) female mosquito samples from Um-alkhameir, AL-Khobah Governorate, were also found positive. Around fourfold increase of the sporozoite rate (from 0.61 to 2.0%) in An. arabiensis in Al-Khobah Governorate has been observed compared to the previous study of 2007-2008. The wide spread of An. arabiensis in Jazan region with >90% of the malaria cases caused by P. falciparum, along with infectivity rate ranges between 1.87 to 2.0% for P. falciparum in Al-Khobah and Haroob Governorates, suggests that P. falciparum is the most predominant malaria parasite and An. Arabiensis is a very efficient malaria vector in the region. It also suggests more in-depth researches on the ecology, behavior, and control of An. Arabiensis to promote area-specific control programs.
ALSHEIKH, A., ALBARRAK, A., DAFFALLA, O., NOURELDIN, E., MOHAMMED, W., SHRWANI, K., HOBANI, Y., ZAMIM, M., & ASSIRI, A. (2017). THE USE OF NESTED-PCR TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF PLASMODIUM IN ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS IN JAZAN REGION, SAUDI ARABIA. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 47(1), 151-158. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2017.78021
MLA
A. A. ALSHEIKH; A. A. ALBARRAK; O. M. DAFFALLA; E. M. NOURELDIN; W. S. MOHAMMED; K. J. SHRWANI; Y. A. HOBANI; M. M. ZAMIM; A. M. ASSIRI. "THE USE OF NESTED-PCR TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF PLASMODIUM IN ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS IN JAZAN REGION, SAUDI ARABIA", Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 47, 1, 2017, 151-158. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2017.78021
HARVARD
ALSHEIKH, A., ALBARRAK, A., DAFFALLA, O., NOURELDIN, E., MOHAMMED, W., SHRWANI, K., HOBANI, Y., ZAMIM, M., ASSIRI, A. (2017). 'THE USE OF NESTED-PCR TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF PLASMODIUM IN ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS IN JAZAN REGION, SAUDI ARABIA', Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 47(1), pp. 151-158. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2017.78021
VANCOUVER
ALSHEIKH, A., ALBARRAK, A., DAFFALLA, O., NOURELDIN, E., MOHAMMED, W., SHRWANI, K., HOBANI, Y., ZAMIM, M., ASSIRI, A. THE USE OF NESTED-PCR TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF PLASMODIUM IN ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS IN JAZAN REGION, SAUDI ARABIA. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2017; 47(1): 151-158. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2017.78021
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