Experimental infection of Anopheles farauti with different species of Plasmodium.
Studies were conducted to determine the susceptibility of Anopheles farauti to different species and strains of Plasmodium. Mosquitoes were infected by feeding on animals or cultures infected with different strains of P. vivax, P. falciparum, P. ovale, P. coatneyi, P. gonderi, P. simiovale, P. knowlesi, and P. brasilianum. Infections of P. vivax and P. coatneyi were transmitted via sporozoites from An. farauti to monkeys. Comparative infection studies indicated that An. farauti was less susceptible to infection than An. stephensi, An. gambiae, An. freeborni, and An. dirus with the Salvador I strain of P. vivax, but more susceptible than An. stephensi and An. gambiae to infection with the coindigenous Indonesian XIX strain.
Collins
William E
WE
Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA. wec1@cdc.gov
Sullivan
JoAnn S
JS
Nace
Douglas
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Williams
Tyrone
T
Sullivan
James J
JJ
Galland
G Gale
GG
Grady
Katharine K
KK
Bounngaseng
Amy
A
D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology*; D002427:Cebidae; D007214:Indonesia; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D008288:Malaria / Q000635:transmission; D002679:Pan troglodytes; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000254:growth & development*; D012453:Saimiri; D013045:Species Specificity