Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
An. campestris
Reid No
Yes
P. vivax
(VK210) was detected in specimens collected in Thailand (
Coleman
et al., 2002
).
An. dirus
complex
Yes
Yes
P. vivax
circumsporozoite proteins have been detected in an
An. dirus
specimen
collected in Thailand (
Baker et al., 1987
). The vectorial capacity of
An. dirus
for
P. vivax
has been estimated (
Prakash et al., 2001
). Experimental infection
from humans (
Wirtz et al., 1985
), monkeys (
Collins et al., 2009
) and mem-
brane feeding has been shown (
Coleman et al., 2004
;
Junkum et al., 2005
).
An. donaldi
Reid
No
Yes
P. vivax
circumsporozoite proteins have been detected in
An. donaldi
speci-
mens sampled in Malaysia (
Seng et al., 1999
).
An. donaldi
was success-
fully infected with
P. vivax
and
P. falciparum
sporozoites in the lab and was
capable of transmitting both species to man (
Hardin et al., 1973
;
Harrison
and Scanlon, 1975
).
An. hodgkini
Reid
No
Yes
P. vivax
was detected in specimens collected in Thailand (VK247) (
Coleman
et al., 2002
).
An. karwari
(James)
No
Yes
P. vivax
circumsporozoite proteins in
An. karwari
specimens collected in
Thailand (
Frances et al., 1996
).
An. kochi
Dönitz
No
Yes
Wild
P. vivax-
infected
An. kochi
mosquitoes were found in Assam, India
(
Prakash et al., 2004
).
An. lesteri
Baisas
& Hu (synony-
mous with
An. anthropophagus
Xu & Feng)
Yes
Yes(?)
An. lesteri
(
An. anthropophagus
) were experimentally infected with
P. vivax
from
humans in Republic of Korea (
Shin et al., 2002
). Human laboratory feed-
ings showed
An. lesteri
to be a highly competent vector (
Joshi et al., 2009
).
An. letifer
Sandosham
No
Yes(?)
Specimens collected in Sarawak, Malaysia were found to be sporozoite posi-
tive and although the species of the parasite was not identified, >90% of
the malaria infections in the region at the time were due to
P. vivax
(
Chang
et al., 1997
). Implied transmission, but with no direct evidence, is described
in other references (
Rahman et al., 1997
;
Fryauff et al., 1998
).
