From: Member species of the Anopheles gambiae complex can be misidentified as Anopheles leesoni
Samples used for An. funestus multiplex PCR | ~Â 150Â bp amplicon produced via An. funestus multiplex PCR | ~Â 150Â bp amplicon produced by An. funestus multiplex PCR without LEES primer | ~Â 150Â bp amplicon produced by An. funestus multiplex PCR with UV and LEES primers only |
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An. funestus | No—an amplicon of 500 bp was produced, which corresponds to the An. funestus amplicon | No—an amplicon of 500 bp was produced, which corresponds to the An. funestus amplicon | No |
An. leesoni | Yes | No | Yes |
No template negative control | No | No | No |
Extraction kit negative control | No | No | No |
An. arabiensis | Yes | No | Yes |
An. gambiae | Yes | No | Yes |
An. merus | Yes | No | Yes |
An. quadriannulatus | Yes | No | Yes |