Morphologic Variants of Anopheles Albimanus and Susceptibility to Plasmodium Vivax and P. Falciparum

McWilson Warren Vector Biology and Control Division, Bureau of Tropical Diseases, Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Atlanta, Georgia 30333

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William E. Collins Vector Biology and Control Division, Bureau of Tropical Diseases, Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Atlanta, Georgia 30333

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Bettye B. Richardson Vector Biology and Control Division, Bureau of Tropical Diseases, Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Atlanta, Georgia 30333

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Jimmie C. Skinner Vector Biology and Control Division, Bureau of Tropical Diseases, Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Atlanta, Georgia 30333

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1977.26.607
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Volume 26: Issue 4
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607–611
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Three morphologically different, true-breeding phenotypes have been isolated from a strain of Anopheles albimanus from Lake Apastepeque, El Salvador. Studies with coindigenous strains of Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum show that these phenotypes differ significantly in their susceptibility to malaria parasites. This difference is apparent both in the number of mosquitoes that become infected and the level of infection obtained. Variations in malaria susceptibility are markedly greater with P. vivax than with P. falciparum. The significance of genetic variants within a local vector population with respect to the epidemiology of malaria is discussed.
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Copyright © 1977 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1977
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23 Dec 1976
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Jul 1977
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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0002-9637
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