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Anopheles (Anopheles) neomaculipalpus : a new malaria vector in the Amazon basin?
Author(s) -
Moreno J. E.,
RubioPalis Y.,
Páez E.,
Pérez E.,
Sánchez V.,
Vaccari E.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
medical and veterinary entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2915
pISSN - 0269-283X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00572.x
Subject(s) - biology , amazon basin , anopheles , malaria , vector (molecular biology) , amazon rainforest , zoology , ecology , immunology , genetics , gene , recombinant dna
. Anopheles (Anopheles) neomaculipalpus Curry (Diptera: Culicidae) collected by human landing catches and light traps in southern Venezuela were assayed by enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of Plasmodium circumsporozoite (CS) protein. A total of 356 An. neomaculipalpus were collected, of which three (0.84%) were positive for P. vivax , two for the variant 247 and one for the variant 210. The overall sporozoite rate in An. neomaculipalpus was similar to that for the principal vector An. (Nyssorhynchus) darlingi Root (0.82%) and higher than in An. (Nys.) marajoara Galvão & Damasceno (0.27%). This is the first report of An. neomaculipalpus naturally infected with Plasmodium parasites in Venezuela.