Susceptibility of three laboratory strains of Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae) to coindigenous Plasmodium vivax in southern Mexico.

doi:10.1093/jmedent/31.3.400

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Susceptibility of three laboratory strains of Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae) to coindigenous Plasmodium vivax in southern Mexico.

Journal of medical entomology - 1 May 1994

Chan A S, Rodríguez M H, Torres J A, Rodríguez M del C, Villarreal C

Abstract excerpt

Three morphologically different pupal phenotypes (green, striped, brown) were selected from a parent strain of Anopheles albimanus Wiedemann collected from the Suchiate region in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. Significant differences in susceptibility to coindigenous Plasmodium vivax Grassi & Fele...

Topics

Animals
Anopheles
Female
Humans
Insect Vectors
Malaria, Vivax
Phenotype
Plasmodium vivax
Pupa
Species Specificity

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