Larval habitats of malaria vectors and other Anopheles mosquitoes around a transmission focus in northwestern Thailand.
We sampled 199 bodies of water for Anopheles larvae around a malaria-endemic village near Mae Sot, Thailand, over 2 years. Anopheles dirus species A and D occurred in 54 small, well-shaded, stream and temporary ground pools. The larval habitat of species D is reported for the first time. Anopheles minimus species A occurred in 8 samples from slow-moving streams, in 8 from rice fields, and in 2 from ground pools. Anopheles pseudowillmori occurred in one sample from a ground pool, in 3 from streams, and in 9 from rice fields.
Rattanarithikul
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Department of Entomology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand.
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Panyim
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Noigamol
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Chanaimongkol
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Mahapibul
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D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000145:classification*; D003710:Demography; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification*; D007814:Larva; D008288:Malaria; D012621:Seasons; D013785:Thailand