Habitat suitability of Anopheles vector species and association with human malaria in the Atlantic Forest in south-eastern Brazil

Every year, autochthonous cases of Plasmodium vivax malaria occur in low-endemicity areas of Vale do Ribeira in the south-eastern part of the Atlantic Forest, state of São Paulo, where Anopheles cruzii and Anopheles bellator are considered the primary vectors. However, other species in the subgenus...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gabriel Zorello Laporta, Daniel Garkauskas Ramos, Milton Cezar Ribeiro, Maria Anice Mureb Sallum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2011-08-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762011000900029&lng=en&tlng=en