EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION OF ANOPHELES FARAUTI WITH DIFFERENT SPECIES OF PLASMODIUM

• Published in: The Journal of parasitology Vol. 88; no. 2; pp. 295 - 298
• Main Authors: Collins, William E, Sullivan, JoAnn S, Nace, Douglas, Williams, Tyrone, Sullivan, James J, Galland, G. Gale, Grady, Katharine K, Bounngaseng, Amy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lawrence, KS American Society of Parasitologists 01.04.2002
• Subjects: Animals; Anopheles - parasitology; Biological and medical sciences; Cebidae; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gametocytes; Indonesia; Infections; Insect Vectors - parasitology; LIFE CYCLES-SURVEY; Malaria; Malaria - transmission; Medically important nuisances and vectors, pests of stored products and materials: population survey and control; Monkeys; Mosquitos; Pan troglodytes; Parasites; Parasitology; Plasmodium - growth & development; Saimiri; Species Specificity; Sporozoites; Tropical medicine; Vectors. Intermediate hosts; Indonesia; Protozoa; Host parasite relation; Apicomplexa; Protozoal disease; Malaria; Plasmodium simiovale; Parasitosis; Infection; Plasmodium knowlesi; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Sensitivity resistance; Plasmodium ovale; Parasitism; Plasmodium brasilianum; Vector; Comparative study
• ISSN: 0022-3395; 1937-2345
• DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[0295:EIOAFW]2.0.CO;2

Studies were conducted to determine the susceptibility of Anopheles farauti to different species and strains of Plasmodium. Mosquitoes were infected by feeding on animals or cultures infected with different strains of P. vivax, P. falciparum, P. ovale, P. coatneyi, P. gonderi, P. simiovale, P. knowlesi, and P. brasilianum. Infections of P. vivax and P. coatneyi were transmitted via sporozoites from An. farauti to monkeys. Comparative infection studies indicated that An. farauti was less susceptible to infection than An. stephensi, An. gambiae, An. freeborni, and An. dirus with the Salvador I strain of P. vivax, but more susceptible than An. stephensi and An. gambiae to infection with the coindigenous Indonesian XIX strain.