Reduced-representation sequencing identifies small effective population sizes of Anopheles gambiae in the north-western Lake Victoria basin, Uganda

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Rachel M. Wiltshire, Christina M. Bergey, Jonathan K. Kayondo, Josephine Birungi, Louis G. Mukwaya, Scott J. Emrich, Nora J. Besansky, Frank H. Collins
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2018
• Subjects: Anopheles gambiae; Single nucleotide polymorphism; SNP; RADseq; Population structure; Effective population size; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Western Lake
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2432-0; https://doaj.org/article/e7927fd97674463d81f79d31c0711fd6

Abstract Background Malaria is the leading cause of global paediatric mortality in children below 5 years of age. The number of fatalities has reduced significantly due to an expansion of control interventions but the development of new technologies remains necessary in order to achieve elimination....