Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) IN PERIDOMICILIARY AREA DURING ASYMPTOMATIC MALARIA TRANSMISSION IN THE ATLANTIC FOREST: MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF BLOOD-MEAL SOURCES INDICATES HUMANS AS PRIMARY INTERMEDIATE HOSTS

Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) IN PERIDOMICILIARY AREA DURING ASYMPTOMATIC MALARIA TRANSMISSION IN THE ATLANTIC FOREST: MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF BLOOD-MEAL SOURCES INDICATES HUMANS AS PRIMARY INTERMEDIATE HOSTS

Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii has been implicated as the primary vector of human and simian malarias out of the Brazilian Amazon and specifically in the Atlantic Forest regions. The presence of asymptomatic human cases, parasite-positive wild monkeys and the similarity between the parasites infecting...

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Main Authors: Karin Kirchgatter, Rosa Maria Tubaki, Rosely dos Santos Malafronte, Isabel Cristina Alves, Giselle Fernandes Maciel de Castro Lima, Lilian de Oliveira Guimarães, Robson de Almeida Zampaulo, Gerhard Wunderlich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-09-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Asymptomatic malaria
Atlantic forest
Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii
Plasmodium malariae
Plasmodium vivax
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