Infection rates in, and the number of Plasmodium falciparum genotypes carried by Anopheles mosquitoes in Tanzania.
Naturally fed mosquitoes were collected from houses in a rural village in northern Tanzania. The number of Plasmodium falciparum oocysts which developed in each was counted, and the number of parasite genotypes carried by a subset was determined by PCR-based techniques. A higher proportion of Anopheles gambiae s.l. mosquitoes developed oocysts than of An. funestus but, on average, both species carried similar numbers of parasite genotypes. Overall, 68% of the sampled mosquitoes carried more than one genotype.
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Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, U.K. Louise.Taylor@cd.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000453:epidemiology; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000254:growth & development; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D013045:Species Specificity; D013636:Tanzania / Q000453:epidemiology