Malaria vectors in the municipality of Serra do Navio, State of Amapá, Amazon Region, Brazil
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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96(2): 179-84, Feb. 2001. tab
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RESUMO
We conducted a survey to determine the vectors of malaria in six localities of Serra do Navio municipality, State of Amapá, from 1990 to 1991. Malaria infection rates of 29.3 percent, 6.2 percent and 20.4 percent were detected by human blood smears in Colônia ægua Branca, Porto Terezinha and Arrependido, respectively. There was no malaria infection detected in Serra do Navio. Fifteen species were identified among 3,053 anopheline mosquitoes collected by human bait and 64.4 percent were identified as Anopheles albitarsis s.l., 16.7 percent An. braziliensis, 9.5 percent An. nuneztovari and 5.8 percent An. triannulatus. An. darlingi, the main vector of malaria in the Amazon region of Brazil, was scare. Using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), a total positive rate of 0.8 percent (23/2876) was found for six species: fifteen An. albitarsis s.l., four An. nuneztovari, and one of each: An. braziliensis, An. triannulatus, An. oswaldoi and An. rangeli. Nine of 23 positive mosquitoes were infected with Plasmodium malariae, eight with P. vivax VK210, three with P. vivax VK247 and three with P. falciparum. Since An. albitarsis s.l. was collected feeding on humans, was present in the highest density and was positive by ELISA for malaria sporozoites, it probably plays an important role in malaria transmission in this area
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Assunto principal:
Plasmodium
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Insetos Vetores
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Malária
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Anopheles
Limite:
Animais
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Assunto da revista:
Medicina Tropical
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Parasitologia
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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Documento de projeto
País de afiliação:
Brasil
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Estados Unidos
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Reino Unido
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Funasa/BR
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine/GB
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Walter Reed Army Institute of Research/US
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