title: Anopheles belenrae, a potential vector of Plasmodium vivax in the Republic of Korea.
abstract: The malarial parasite, Plasmodium vivax, was detected in 4 species of Anopheles (Hyrcanus Group) mosquitoes, namely An. kleini, An. pullus, An. belenrae, and An. sinensis, from Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea (ROK). This study confirmed that An. belenrae was infected by P. vivax, and implicated this species as a potential vector of vivax malaria in the ROK.
authors.affiliation: Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Division of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500, USA.
authors.forename: Leopoldo M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Rueda
authors.forename: Cong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Heung Chul
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Terry A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Desmond H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Foley
authors.forename: Richard C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Wilkerson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology*; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000502:physiology*; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology