RIO META STRAIN OF PLASMODIUM VIVAX IN NEW WORLD MONKEYS AND ANOPHELINE MOSQUITOES

• Published in: The Journal of parasitology Vol. 90; no. 4; pp. 685 - 688
• Main Authors: Collins, William E, Sullivan, JoAnn S, Galland, G. Gale, Barnwell, John W, Nace, Douglas, Williams, Allison, Williams, Tyrone, Bounngaseng, Amy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lawrence, KS American Society of Parasitologists 01.08.2004; Allen Press Inc
• Subjects: Animals; Anopheles; Anopheles - parasitology; Aotidae - parasitology; Aotus (Cebidae); Aotus lemurinus griseimembra; Aotus nancymai; Biological and medical sciences; Colombia; Culicidae; DEVELOPMENT; disease transmission; Erythrocytes - parasitology; Exocrine glands; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; General aspects and techniques. Study of several systematic groups. Models; infection; Infections; Inoculation; insect vectors; Insect Vectors - parasitology; Invertebrates; Laboratories; Malaria; Malaria, Vivax - parasitology; Malaria, Vivax - transmission; Malaria, Vivax - veterinary; Monkey Diseases - parasitology; Monkey Diseases - transmission; Monkeys; Mosquitoes; Mosquitos; Parasitemia; Parasitemia - parasitology; Parasitemia - veterinary; Parasites; Parasitism; Parasitology; Plasmodium vivax; Plasmodium vivax - physiology; prepatent period; Serial Passage; Splenectomy; Sporozoites; strains; America; Colombia; Central America; Vietnam; Panama; Thailand; India; Indonesia; Protozoa; Apicomplexa; Insecta; Monkey; Parasite; Plasmodium vivax; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Arthropoda; Culicidae; Primates; Invertebrata; Diptera
• ISSN: 0022-3395; 1937-2345
• DOI: 10.1645/GE-3361

An archived strain of Plasmodium vivax, isolated from Rio Meta, northern Colombia, in 1972 was adapted to grow in splenectomized Aotus lemurinus griseimembra and A. nancymai monkeys. Anopheles freeborni, An. maculatus, An. dirus, An. culicifacies, and An. albimanus were shown to be susceptible to infection by feeding on infected monkeys. Infections were more readily obtained by feeding on A. l. griseimembra than on A. nancymai. Transmission through sporozoites was obtained in an A. l. griseimembra monkey after a prepatent period of 24 days.