Malaria vectors in the municipality of Serra do Navio, State of Amapá, Amazon Region, Brazil
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%, 6.2% and 20.4% were detected by human blood smears in Colônia Água Branca, Porto Terezinha and Arrependido, respectively. T...
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| description | 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%, 6.2% and 20.4% were detected by human blood smears in Colônia Água 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% were identified as Anopheles albitarsis s.l., 16.7% An. braziliensis, 9.5% An. nuneztovari and 5.8% 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% (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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| spelling | doaj.art-2fc77770acc94142b55dc0de7702de622023-08-02T09:15:34ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz0074-02761678-80602001-02-0196217918410.1590/S0074-02762001000200008Malaria vectors in the municipality of Serra do Navio, State of Amapá, Amazon Region, BrazilMM PóvoaRA WirtzRNL LacerdaMA MilesD WarhurstWe 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%, 6.2% and 20.4% were detected by human blood smears in Colônia Água 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% were identified as Anopheles albitarsis s.l., 16.7% An. braziliensis, 9.5% An. nuneztovari and 5.8% 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% (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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762001000200008mosquitoAnophelesmalaria vectorPlasmodiumBrazil |
| spellingShingle | MM Póvoa RA Wirtz RNL Lacerda MA Miles D Warhurst Malaria vectors in the municipality of Serra do Navio, State of Amapá, Amazon Region, Brazil Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz mosquito Anopheles malaria vector Plasmodium Brazil |
| title | Malaria vectors in the municipality of Serra do Navio, State of Amapá, Amazon Region, Brazil |
| title_full | Malaria vectors in the municipality of Serra do Navio, State of Amapá, Amazon Region, Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Malaria vectors in the municipality of Serra do Navio, State of Amapá, Amazon Region, Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malaria vectors in the municipality of Serra do Navio, State of Amapá, Amazon Region, Brazil |
| title_short | Malaria vectors in the municipality of Serra do Navio, State of Amapá, Amazon Region, Brazil |
| title_sort | malaria vectors in the municipality of serra do navio state of amapa amazon region brazil |
| topic | mosquito Anopheles malaria vector Plasmodium Brazil |
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