The Transmission of a West African Strain of Plasmodium Ovale by Anopheles Freeborni and Anopheles Maculatus

William Chin Laboratory of Parasite Chemotherapy, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Malaria Project, U. S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia

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Peter G. Contacos Laboratory of Parasite Chemotherapy, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Malaria Project, U. S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia

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Joel N. Buxbaum Laboratory of Parasite Chemotherapy, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Malaria Project, U. S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1966.15.690
Volume/Issue:
Volume 15: Issue 5
Page(s):
690–693
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Summary

The first known transmissions of Plasmodium ovale by Anopheles freeborni and A. maculatus are reported. The successful transmission of P. ovale by A. freeborni is of interest because this is the the first reported vector which can transmit all 4 species of human malaria.

Author Notes

Present address: Cytology Section, LPC, P.O. Box 190, Chamblee, Georgia.

Present address: U. S. Public Health Service Hospital, Savannah, Georgia.

Copyright:
Copyright ©1966 The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1966
Published Online:
Sep 1966
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637
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