@article{OBEMBE_AWOPETU_2014, title={Sporozoite Infection Rate and Identification of the Infective and Refractory Species of Anopheles gambiae (Giles) Complex}, volume={6}, url={https://www.notulaebiologicae.ro/index.php/nsb/article/view/9435}, DOI={10.15835/nsb649435}, abstractNote={<p style="text-align: justify;">The ability of <em>Anopheles gambiae </em>complex mosquitoes to transmit <em>Plasmodium </em>infection is known to be variable within sibling species of the complex with strains that cannot transmit the parasite. High sporozoite infection rate recorded showed that <em>A. gambiae</em> mosquitoes are potent malaria vectors in southwestern Nigeria. The aim of this study was to identify the infective and refractory strains of <em>A. gambiae</em> mosquitoes and to determine the sporozoite infection rate in this area. The infective strains were <em>A. gambiae</em> (<em>sensu stricto</em>) and <em>A. arabiensis</em>, while the refractory strains were <em>A. gambiae</em> (<em>sensu stricto</em>). However, ovarian polytene chromosome banding patterns could not be used to distinguish between the infective and refractory strains of <em>A. gambiae</em> (<em>sensu stricto</em>). This study showed that the refractory strains of <em>Anopheles gambiae </em>complex are present, but in low frequencies, in southwestern Nigeria, and that the sibling species of <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> (<em>A. gambiae</em> s.s. and <em>A. arabiensis</em>) are potent malaria vectors.</p>}, number={4}, journal={Notulae Scientia Biologicae}, author={OBEMBE, Music Temitope and AWOPETU, Idowu J.}, year={2014}, month={Dec.}, pages={407–413} }