Active malaria transmission in South Mizoram.
Anopheles dirus was incriminated as malaria vector with 1.12% sporozoite rate in Tlabong (Demagiri) subdivision, Mizoram. High parity rate of A. dirus (33.69%) and A. minimus (52.87%) further confirmed their vectorial status. Both the vectors were found highly susceptible to 4% DDT.
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D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology / Q000502:physiology*; D008288:Malaria / Q000635:transmission*; D010298:Parity; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification