An overview of malaria transmission from the perspective of Amazon Anopheles vectors

An overview of malaria transmission from the perspective of Amazon Anopheles vectors

In the Americas, areas with a high risk of malaria transmission are mainly located in the Amazon Forest, which extends across nine countries. One keystone step to understanding the Plasmodium life cycle in Anopheles species from the Amazon Region is to obtain experimentally infected mosquito vectors...

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Main Authors: Paulo FP Pimenta, Alessandra S Orfano, Ana C Bahia, Ana PM Duarte, Claudia M Ríos-Velásquez, Fabrício F Melo, Felipe AC Pessoa, Giselle A Oliveira, Keillen MM Campos, Luis Martínez Villegas, Nilton Barnabé Rodrigues, Rafael Nacif-Pimenta, Rejane C Simões, Wuelton M Monteiro, Rogerio Amino, Yara M Traub-Cseko, José BP Lima, Maria GV Barbosa, Marcus VG Lacerda, Wanderli P Tadei, Nágila FC Secundino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2015-02-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Anopheles
Plasmodium
transmission
Amazon vectors
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