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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. hermsi
Barr &
Guptavanj
No
Yes(?)
An. hermsi
has been implicated in outbreaks of
P. vivax
in California (
Maldo-
nado et al., 1990
;
Ginsberg, 1991
) and
An. hermsi
has been experimentally
infected with vivax from monkeys (
Collins et al., 2009
).
An. marajoara
Galvão &
Damasceno
Yes (part of the
An. albitarsis
complex)
Yes
Specimens of
An. marajoara
(a sibling of
An. albitarsis s.l.
) collected in Amapa
State, Brazil were found to be naturally infected with vivax and may be
a superior vector for this parasite over
An. darlingi
in this location (
Conn
et al., 2002
).
An. mediopunctatus
Lutz
No
Yes(?)
Mosquito oocyst infection was observed in laboratory conditions after
feeding on infected human volunteers and
P. vivax
sporozoites were
found in the salivary glands approximately two weeks after feeding (
Klein
et al., 1991
), however other literature states that this species was pres-
ent in low numbers (
de Arruda et al., 1986
) or was a non-vector (
Vittor
et al., 2006
).
An. nuneztovari
complex
Yes
Yes
P. vivax
infection was detected in wild captured
An. nuneztovari
by dissection
and ELISA was used to determine
Plasmodium
species in Para State, North-
ern Brazil (
de Arruda et al., 1986
).
An. oswaldoi
Peryassú
No
Yes
An. oswaldoi
was incriminated as a vector of
P. vivax
in Southern Colombia
(
Quinones et al., 2006
) and Northern Brazil (
de Arruda et al., 1986
).
Mosquito oocyst infection was observed in laboratory conditions after
feeding on infected human volunteers and
P. vivax
sporozoites were found
in the salivary glands approximately two weeks after feeding (
Klein et al.,
1991
).
