title: Malaria transmission by Anopheles dirus in Attapeu Province, Lao PDR.
abstract: A study was carried out in four malaria-endemic villages in Attapeu Province, in the southern region of Lao PDR. All-night human landing collections were carried out in May, August, and October 2002, to determine malaria vectors. At the same time, mass blood surveys were also carried out in the same villages. Anopheles dirus was the predominant species in three of the study villages. Sporozoites were found only in An. drius from Phou Hom. However, in Beng Phoukham, An. dirus was positive for oocysts. The distribution of malaria cases was highest in Phou Hom and this correlated well with the vectorial capacity of An. dirus. The risk for infection from An. dirus was also high, at 0.99.
authors.affiliation: Center for Malaria, Parasitology and Entomology, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sidavong
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vythilingam
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Phetsouvanh
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Phonemixay
authors.forename: S Lokman
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Hakim
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Phompida
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000145:classification* / Q000469:parasitology; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007812:Laos / Q000453:epidemiology; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000469:parasitology*; D013045:Species Specificity