Some observations on the mosquitoes of Indian settlements in Xingu National Park, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, with emphasis on malaria vectors.
A mosquito survey was carried out in malarious indian settlements in the Xingu National Park, Brazil, by the end of the rainy season--March, 1987, when 27 species were collected. An. darlingi, the most frequent an anthropophilic mosquito, was found infected with P. falciparum and seems to be the principal malaria vector in the area. The other Anophelinae and Culicinae were little frequent or scarce. The local fauna includes vectors of yellow fever and of several other arbovirus.
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D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D009033:Culicidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D007199:Indians, South American; D007303:Insect Vectors; D008288:Malaria / Q000635:transmission*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012621:Seasons