Thierry Bobangaa*, Solange E. Umesumbub, Alain. S. Mandokoc, Célestin N. Nsibud, Ellen B. Dotsone, Ray F. Beache, Seth R. Irishe
a. Services de Parasitologie et d’Entomologie, Département de Médecine Tropicale, Faculté de Médecine,
Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo
b. Programme Nationale de Lutte contre le Paludisme, Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo
c. Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, PO Box 1192, Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo
d. Département de Pédiatrie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, République Démocratique
du Congo
e. Entomology Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
*Corresponding author: Thierry Bobanga: Tel. +243 813133303; Email: tbobanga@gmail.com
Abstract
Background: Anopheles gambiae s.l. is the primary vector of malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo, however, there is little data on the species from this complex present in the country.
Methods: This paper presents the species collected (as determined by PCR) between 2004 and 2011 in 16 locations across the country.
Results and Conclusions: The two species from the An. gambiae complex that were detected were Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles gambiae s.s. Anopheles gambiae s.s. was predominant in eastern DRC, whereas An.
coluzzii was the main species found in several locations in Bandundu. The species were also found in sympatry in several locations (Kinshasa, Kisangani, Lodja). These results provide a basis for future work, which is needed to accurately describe the distribution of the An. gambiae complex species in DRC.
Keywords
Anopheles gambiae, An. coluzzii, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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