Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 1.2
Known and potential vector species of
Plasmodium vivax
—
cont'd
Species, species
complex* or
group
Distribution
and bionomics
reviewed by MAP
†
P. vivax
vector
(Yes/No)
‡
Notes and reference(s)
An. stephensi
Liston
Yes
Yes
P. vivax
(VK210 and VK247) was detected in specimens collected in Afghani-
stan (
Rowland et al., 2002
).
An. stephensi
has been experimentally infected
with
P. vivax
from infected monkeys (
Basseri et al., 2008
;
Collins et al.,
2009
) and humans (
Adak et al., 2005
); both oocysts and sporozoites found
were found in the mosquitoes.
An. superpictus
Grassi
Yes
Yes
P. vivax
(VK247) was detected in specimens collected in Afghanistan (
Row-
land et al., 2002
). Laboratory colonies
An. superpictus
have been infected
with
P. vivax-
infected humans; oocysts and sporozoites were in salivary
glands (
Kasap, 1990
). This species seems to be generally implicated as a
vivax vector in other articles.
An. varuna
Iyengar
No (part of the
Aconitus Sub-
group)
Yes
Wild-infected mosquitoes were found to be positive for
P. vivax
in Assam,
India (
Prakash et al., 2004
).
Asia and Asia-Pacific
An. aconitus
Dönitz Yes
Yes
P. vivax
sporozoites have been detected (by ELISA) in wild captured
An. aco-
nitus
in Sri Lanka (
Amerasinghe et al., 1991b
). Laboratory studies revealed
that
An. aconitus
forms B and C were susceptible to
P. vivax
and
P. falciparum
,
and that
An. aconitus
form C was susceptible only to
P. vivax
(
Junkum et al.,
2005
).
An. annularis
van
der Wulp
Yes
Yes
P. vivax
sporozoites have been detected (by ELISA) in wild captured
An. annu-
laris
in Sri Lanka (
Amerasinghe et al., 1991b
) and India (
Prakash et al., 2004
).
An. barbirostris
complex
Yes
Yes
P. vivax
circumsporozoite proteins were found in specimens collected in Thai-
land with infectivity rates of 0.24% (
Rattanarithikul et al., 1996
) and 4.8%
(
Frances et al., 1996
).
