Comparative Susceptibility of Anopheles Gambiae Theo. and Anopheles Melas Giles to Infection by Plasmodium Falciparum in Liberia, West Africa

Robert W. Burgess The Liberian Institute of the American Foundation for Tropical Medicine, Inc., Harbel, Liberia

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1960.9.652
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Volume 9: Issue 6
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652–655
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Summary

In comparative feedings 888 Anopheles gambiae and 410 Anopheles melas fed on 12 African subjects with naturally acquired Plasmodium falciparum infections. Dissections of both guts and glands suggested a higher susceptibility in A. gambiae than in A. melas. In 11 of these feedings (C.D.I was not included because of abnormal circumstances) A. gambiae fed consistently better than did A. melas.

The combined factors of greater susceptibility and greater desire to feed on humans should make A. gambiae considerably more important than A. melas as a transmitter of P. falciparum.

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Published Online:
Nov 1960
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637

Goldberger on Pellagra

ed. by Milton Terris, Professor of Preventive Medicine, New York Medical College. xii + 395 pages. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 1964. $12.50

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