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...
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| author | Gabriel Zorello Laporta Daniel Garkauskas Ramos Milton Cezar Ribeiro Maria Anice Mureb Sallum |
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| description | 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 Nyssorhynchus of Anopheles (e.g., Anopheles marajoara) are abundant and may participate in the dynamics of malarial transmission in that region. The objectives of the present study were to assess the spatial distribution of An. cruzii, An. bellator and An. marajoara and to associate the presence of these species with malaria cases in the municipalities of the Vale do Ribeira. Potential habitat suitability modelling was applied to determine both the spatial distribution of An. cruzii, An. bellator and An. marajoara and to establish the density of each species. Poisson regression was utilized to associate malaria cases with estimated vector densities. As a result, An. cruzii was correlated with the forested slopes of the Serra do Mar, An. bellator with the coastal plain and An. marajoara with the deforested areas. Moreover, both An. marajoara and An. cruzii were positively associated with malaria cases. Considering that An. marajoara was demonstrated to be a primary vector of human Plasmodium in the rural areas of the state of Amapá, more attention should be given to the species in the deforested areas of the Atlantic Forest, where it might be a secondary vector. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c2e31ed6cd394fc598aa4ceb00f410492023-09-02T13:53:36ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz1678-80602011-08-01106suppl 123924510.1590/S0074-02762011000900029S0074-02762011000900029Habitat suitability of Anopheles vector species and association with human malaria in the Atlantic Forest in south-eastern BrazilGabriel Zorello Laporta0Daniel Garkauskas Ramos1Milton Cezar Ribeiro2Maria Anice Mureb Sallum3Universidade de São PauloUniversidade de São PauloUniversidade Estadual PaulistaUniversidade de São PauloEvery 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 Nyssorhynchus of Anopheles (e.g., Anopheles marajoara) are abundant and may participate in the dynamics of malarial transmission in that region. The objectives of the present study were to assess the spatial distribution of An. cruzii, An. bellator and An. marajoara and to associate the presence of these species with malaria cases in the municipalities of the Vale do Ribeira. Potential habitat suitability modelling was applied to determine both the spatial distribution of An. cruzii, An. bellator and An. marajoara and to establish the density of each species. Poisson regression was utilized to associate malaria cases with estimated vector densities. As a result, An. cruzii was correlated with the forested slopes of the Serra do Mar, An. bellator with the coastal plain and An. marajoara with the deforested areas. Moreover, both An. marajoara and An. cruzii were positively associated with malaria cases. Considering that An. marajoara was demonstrated to be a primary vector of human Plasmodium in the rural areas of the state of Amapá, more attention should be given to the species in the deforested areas of the Atlantic Forest, where it might be a secondary vector.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762011000900029&lng=en&tlng=enAtlantic Forestdisease vectorsspatial distributionvivax malaria |
| spellingShingle | Gabriel Zorello Laporta Daniel Garkauskas Ramos Milton Cezar Ribeiro Maria Anice Mureb Sallum Habitat suitability of Anopheles vector species and association with human malaria in the Atlantic Forest in south-eastern Brazil Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Atlantic Forest disease vectors spatial distribution vivax malaria |
| title | Habitat suitability of Anopheles vector species and association with human malaria in the Atlantic Forest in south-eastern Brazil |
| title_full | Habitat suitability of Anopheles vector species and association with human malaria in the Atlantic Forest in south-eastern Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Habitat suitability of Anopheles vector species and association with human malaria in the Atlantic Forest in south-eastern Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Habitat suitability of Anopheles vector species and association with human malaria in the Atlantic Forest in south-eastern Brazil |
| title_short | Habitat suitability of Anopheles vector species and association with human malaria in the Atlantic Forest in south-eastern Brazil |
| title_sort | habitat suitability of anopheles vector species and association with human malaria in the atlantic forest in south eastern brazil |
| topic | Atlantic Forest disease vectors spatial distribution vivax malaria |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762011000900029&lng=en&tlng=en |
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