Resting behavior and malaria vector incrimination of Anopheles stephensi in Goa, India

• Published in: Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 317 - 318
• Main Authors: Sumodan, P.K, Kumar, A, Yadav, R.S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2004
• Subjects: Animals; Anopheles - parasitology; Behavior, Animal; circumsporozoite proteins; Culicidae; disease detection; Female; housing; India; infection; insect behavior; insect collection; insect vectors; Insect Vectors - parasitology; Malaria, Falciparum - transmission; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium falciparum - physiology; resting sites; vector competence; India

Malaria in Goa, India, has been endemic ever since an outbreak occurred in 1986. Anopheles stephensi Liston has always been suspected as a malaria vector in this area. Due to lack of knowledge on its resting behavior, sufficient adult females could not be collected and incriminated as vectors in the...