Ecological characterisation and infection of Anophelines (Diptera: Culicidae) of the Atlantic Forest in the southeast of Brazil over a 10 year period: has the behaviour of the autochthonous malaria vector changed?

Ecological characterisation and infection of Anophelines (Diptera: Culicidae) of the Atlantic Forest in the southeast of Brazil over a 10 year period: has the behaviour of the autochthonous malaria vector changed?

BACKGROUND In southeastern Brazil, autochthonous cases of malaria can be found near Atlantic Forest fragments. Because the transmission cycle has not been completely clarified, the behaviour of the possible vectors in those regions must be observed. A study concerning the entomological aspects and n...

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Main Authors: Julyana Cerqueira Buery, Helder Ricas Rezende, Licia Natal, Leonardo Santana da Silva, Regiane Maria Tironi de Menezes, Blima Fux, Rosely dos Santos Malafronte, Aloisio Falqueto, Crispim Cerutti Junior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
malária
Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium simium
Anopheles
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762018000200111&lng=en&tlng=en

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