title: Susceptibility of Anopheles aquasalis and an. darlingi to Plasmodium vivax VK210 and VK247.
abstract: The susceptibility of Anopheles aquasalis (F3 generation) and An. darlingi (F1 generation) to Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite protein phenotypes from a limited number of blood samples of malaria patients in Belém, state of Pará, Brazil, was examined A polymerase chain reaction was used to determine the P. vivax phenotypes in blood samples and the blood-fed infected mosquitoes were dissected and tested by ELISA. In all patient infections, more infected An. aquasalis and An. darlingi were positive for VK210 compared with VK247.
authors.affiliation: Núcleo de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ana N M
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Carla C B
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Raimundo N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Lacerda
authors.forename: Ricardo L D
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: Marinete M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Póvoa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000145:classification / Q000469:parasitology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification / Q000469:parasitology*; D010641:Phenotype; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction