Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
An. tessellatus
Theobald
No
Yes
P. vivax
circumsporozoite proteins were detected in
An. tessellatus
species
sampled in Sri Lanka (
Amerasinghe et al., 1991a
).
An. vagus
Dönitz
No
Yes
P. vivax
sporozoites have been detected (by ELISA) in wild captured
An. aconi-
tus
in Sri Lanka (
Amerasinghe et al., 1991a
) and India (
Prakash et al., 2004
).
Asia-Pacific
An. balabacensis
Baisas
Yes (part of the
An. leucosphyrus
complex)
Yes(?)
Sporozoites were found in specimens collected in Central Java, Indonesia
(
Barcus et al., 2002
) and Palawan, Philippines (
Schultz, 1992
). Laboratory
reports indicate transmission of
P. vivax
to non-human primates (
Collins
et al., 1980
).
An. farauti
com-
plex
Yes
Yes
P. vivax
circumsporozoite proteins were found in specimens collected in
Papua New Guinea (
Burkot et al., 1988
).
An. flavirostris
(Ludlow)
Yes
?
An. flavirostris
has been described as the 'principal vector' in the Philip-
pines, where
P. vivax
and
P. falciparum
malaria occur (
Foley et al., 2003
)
and has been found with sporozoites in Malaysia (
Hii et al., 1985
) and the
Philippines (
Oberst et al., 1988
), but the parasite species was not
given.
An. koliensis
Owen
Yes (part of the
Punctulatus
Group)
Yes
P. vivax
circumsporozoite positivity of 0.76% was reported for wild-infected
An. koliensis
in Papua New Guinea (
Attenborough et al., 1997
).
An. maculatus
Theobald/Mac-
ulatus Group
Yes
Yes
P. vivax
(VK210 and VK247) was detected in
An. maculatus
specimens collected
in Thailand (
Coleman et al., 2002
).
An. maculatus
has been experimentally
infected with
P. vivax
from monkeys (
Wirtz et al., 1985
;
Collins et al., 2009
) with a
reported infectivity of 4.8% (
Collins et al., 1980
).
An. punctulatus
complex
Yes
Yes
P. vivax
circumsporozoite antigens were detected in wild populations of the
An.
punctulatus
complex sampled in Papua New Guinea (
Burkot et al., 1988
).
