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Malaria vectors in ecologically heterogeneous localities of the Colombian Pacific region. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
The Colombian Pacific region is second nationally in number of malaria cases reported. This zone presents great ecological heterogeneity and Anopheles species diversity.
Nelson Naranjo-Díaz, Mariano Altamiranda, Shirley Luckhart, Jan E Conn, Margarita M Correa   +4 more
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Anopheles species composition explains differences in Plasmodium transmission in La Guajira, northern Colombia

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2014
Malaria in La Guajira, the most northern state of Colombia, shows two different epidemiological patterns. Malaria is endemic in the municipality of Dibulla whereas in Riohacha it is characterised by sporadic outbreaks.
Manuela Herrera-Varela, Lorena I Orjuela, Cilia Peñalver, Jan E Conn, Martha L Quiñones   +4 more
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Malaria vectors in the Brazilian Amazon: Anopheles of the subgenus Nyssorhynchus Anopheles do subgênero Nyssorhynchus, vetores da malária na Amazônia brasileira

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2000
Various species of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) were studied in the Amazon with the objective of determining their importance as malaria vectors. Of the 33 known Anopheles species occurring in the Amazon, only 9 were found to be infected with Plasmodium ...
Wanderli Pedro TADEI, Bedsy DUTARY THATCHER   +1 more
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First Record of Anopheles darlingi Root (Diptera, Culicidae) in the Volta Grande Environmental Reserve, Conceição das Alagoas Municipality, Minas Gerais, Brazil

EntomoBrasilis, 2015
Three specimens of Anopheles darlingi Root were found in the Volta Grande environmental reserve, an area influenced by the Rio Grande dam constructed by the Volta Grande hydroelectric plant in Conceição das Alagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The mosquito An.
Rafael Martins, Graziella Monteiro, Fábio Costa, Yasmine Antonini   +3 more
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Comportamiento de picadura de Anopheles darlingi Root, 1926 (Diptera: Culicidae) y su asociación con la transmisión de malaria en Villavicencio (Colombia)

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2013
Introducción. Anopheles darlingi es el principal vector de la malaria, o paludismo, en el neotrópico. Esta especie es reconocida por presentar un comportamiento antropofílico y variabilidad en sus hábitos de picadura a lo largo de su rango de ...
Martha Liliana Ahumada, Paula Ximena Pareja, Luz Stella Buitrago, Martha L. Quiñones   +3 more
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Species composition and natural infectivity of anthropophilic Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) in the states of Córdoba and Antioquia, Northwestern Colombia

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009
Malaria is a serious health problem in the states of Córdoba and Antioquia, Northwestern Colombia, where 64.4% of total Colombian cases were reported in 2007.
Lina A Gutiérrez, John J González, Giovan F Gómez, Martha I Castro, Doris A Rosero, Shirley Luckhart, Jan E Conn, Margarita M Correa   +7 more
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A sensitive, specific and reproducible real-time polymerase chain reaction method for detection of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum infection in field-collected anophelines

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2015
We describe a simple method for detection of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum infection in anophelines using a triplex TaqMan real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay (18S rRNA).
Sara A Bickersmith, William Lainhart, Marta Moreno, Virginia M Chu, Joseph M Vinetz, Jan E Conn   +5 more
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Entomological profile and new registers of the genera Anopheles (Diptera, Culicidae) in a Brazilian rural community of the District of Coxipó do Ouro, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso

EntomoBrasilis, 2020
The order Diptera is constituted of insects that possess numerous varieties of habitats, these winged, commonly called mosquitoes, comprise a monophyletic group.
Adaiane Catarina Marcondes Jacobina, Jozeilton Dantas Bandeira, Fábio Alexandre Leal dos Santos, Elisangela Santana de Oliveira Dantas, Diniz Pereira Leite-Jr   +4 more
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Biologia de Anofelinos amazônicos. V. Polimorfismo cromossômico de Anopheles darlingi Root (Diptera, Culicidae) [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 1982
Resumo Foi analisado o polimorfismo cromossômico de Anopheles darlingi, cuja amostra foi obtida na Rodovia BR-174 (Manaus/Boa Vista). Foram descritas duas novas inversões independentes, estendendo-se para doze o número de rearranjos de A. darlingi.
Wanderli Pedro Tadei, Joselita Maria Mendes dos Santos, Mohammad Ghulan Rabbani   +2 more
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Observations on the distribution of anophelines in Suriname with particular reference to the malaria vector Anopheles darlingi

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1990
A study was made on the distribution of anophelines in Suriname with special emphasis on the principal malaria vector Anopheles darlingi and on the occurrence of other possible vector species.
J. A. Rozendaal
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