Transmission of the OS strain of Plasmodium inui to Saimiri sciureus boliviensis and Aotus azarae boliviensis monkeys by Anopheles dirus mosquitoes.
Eight Saimiri and 7 Aotus monkeys were exposed to infection with the OS strain of Plasmodium inui via the bites of from 2 to 7 Anopheles dirus mosquitoes. All Saimiri monkeys developed high-level infections of from 152,000 to 500,000/mm3 after prepatent periods of from 14 to 17 days. Only 1 Aotus monkey developed a patent infection after a period of 28 days. Feeding on these animals failed to result in infection of An. dirus mosquitoes.
Collins
W E
WE
Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
Skinner
J C
JC
Filipski
V
V
Wilson
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C
Broderson
J R
JR
Stanfill
P S
PS
D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology*; D001029:Aotus trivirgatus / Q000469:parasitology*; D002427:Cebidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D007303:Insect Vectors; D008288:Malaria / Q000635:transmission*; D012453:Saimiri / Q000469:parasitology*; D013156:Splenectomy