# Whole genome Shotgun Sequence of Anopheles stephensi, The Host of Malaria parasite, Plasmodium sp

**Authors:** Jack Farah, Junhyeok Jang, Kenza Madhi, Jessica Phan, Elizabeth Pratt, Amrita Sankrit, Nora L. Sharma, Aria Suchak, Devin W. Thomas, Shimaa M. Ghazal

PMC · DOI: 10.7150/jgen.121872 · Journal of Genomics · 2025-09-22

## TL;DR

This paper presents the whole genome sequence of Anopheles stephensi, a key mosquito vector for malaria in Asia.

## Contribution

The study provides a new genome assembly for Anopheles stephensi with detailed metrics like contig count and GC content.

## Key findings

- The genome assembly is 201Mbp in size with 32,280 contigs.
- The N50 of the assembly is 21.1 kb and the GC content is 45%.

## Abstract

Anopheles stephensi, one of the main mosquito vectors for malaria in Asia. It belongs to the same complex species of Anopheles gambiae. A genome assembly was performed on female Anopheles stephensi, the resulting genome was 201Mbp in size and consisted of 32,280 contigs with an N50 of 21,1 kb and a GC content of 45%.

## Linked entities

- **Diseases:** malaria (MONDO:0005136)
- **Species:** Anopheles stephensi (taxon 30069), Plasmodium sp. (taxon 31272)

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Malaria (MESH:D008288)
- **Species:** Plasmodium sp. (species) [taxon 31272], Anopheles stephensi (Asian malaria mosquito, species) [taxon 30069], Anopheles gambiae (African malaria mosquito, species) [taxon 7165]

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