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Volume 29, Number 12—December 2023
Research

Detection of Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes by Molecular Surveillance, Kenya

Eric O. OchomoComments to Author , Sylvia Milanoi, Bernard Abong’o, Brenda Onyango, Margaret Muchoki, Diana Omoke, Evelyn Olanga, Laban Njoroge, Elijah Omondi Juma, James Dan Otieno, Damaris Matoke-Muhia, Luna Kamau, Cristina Rafferty, John E. Gimnig, Mildred Shieshia, Daniel Wacira, Joseph Mwangangi, Marta Maia, Charles Chege, Ahmeddin Omar, Martin K. Rono, Lucy Abel, Wendy Prudhomme O’Meara, Andrew Obala, Charles Mbogo, and Lenson Kariuki
Author affiliations: Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya (E.O. Ochomo, S. Milanoi, B. Abong’o, B. Onyango, M. Muchoki, D. Omoke, D. Matoke-Muhia, L. Kamau, J. Mwangangi, M. Maia, M.K. Rono, C. Mbogo); PMI Kinga Malaria Project, Abt Associates Inc., Kisumu, Kenya (E. Olanga); National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi (L. Njoroge); Pan-African Mosquito Control Association, Nairobi (E.O. Juma, D. Matoke-Muhia, C. Mbogo); World Health Organization, Kenya Country Office, Nairobi (J.D. Otieno); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (C. Rafferty, J.E. Gimnig); US President’s Malaria Initiative, Washington, DC, USA (C. Rafferty, J.E. Gimnig, M. Shieshia, D. Wacira); University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (M. Maia); KEMRI-Wellcome Trust, Kilifi, Kenya (M. Maia, M.K. Rono); Division of National Malaria Program, Ministry of Health, Nairobi (C. Chege, A. Omar); Moi University, Eldoret (W.P. O’Meara, A. Obala); AMPATH, Eldoret, Kenya (L. Abel); Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA (W.P. O’Meara, L. Kariuki)

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Table 1

Characteristics of the habitats from which Anopheles spp. mosquito larvae were collected, Kenya*

County Subcounty Locality village Habitat type Larvae presence Latitude Longitude Elevation, m
Marsabit Saku Mountain Tank Yes (An. stephensi) 2.329833 37.996728 1,319.14
Marsabit Saku Nagayo Tire Yes (An. stephensi) 2.337666 37.990045 1,353.7
Marsabit Saku Karare Streambed No 2.227091 37.938076 1,057.33
Marsabit Saku Saku Central Water treatment plant Yes (An. stephensi) 2.322261 37.982904 1,437.76
Marsabit Laisamis Malgis Riverbed Yes 1.832333 37.86083 453.76
Marsabit Laisamis Laisamis Animal drinking points Yes (An. stephensi) 1.587676 37.80819 541.84
Turkana Turkana Central Nakwamekwi River pan
(3 sites)		 Yes (An. stephensi) 3.110770 35.573982 NA
Turkana Turkana Central St. Monicah Drainage ditch (2 sites) Yes 3.110497 35.574072 NA
Turkana Turkana Central St. Monicah Cisterns (2 sites) Yes 3.110497 35.574072 NA
Turkana Turkana Central Kanamkemer Cisterns (3 sites) Yes 3.106836 35.604599 NA
Turkana Turkana Central Natot Irrigation canal (1 site) Yes 3.108565 35.579132 NA

*NA, not available.

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