Anopheles belenrae, a potential vector of Plasmodium vivax in the Republic of Korea

Leopoldo M Rueda; Cong Li; Heung Chul Kim; Terry A Klein; Desmond H Foley; Richard C Wilkerson

doi:10.2987/10-6057.1

Anopheles belenrae, a potential vector of Plasmodium vivax in the Republic of Korea

J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2010 Dec;26(4):430-2. doi: 10.2987/10-6057.1.

Authors

Leopoldo M Rueda¹, Cong Li, Heung Chul Kim, Terry A Klein, Desmond H Foley, Richard C Wilkerson

Affiliation

¹ Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Division of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500, USA.

PMID: 21290939
DOI: 10.2987/10-6057.1

Abstract

The malarial parasite, Plasmodium vivax, was detected in 4 species of Anopheles (Hyrcanus Group) mosquitoes, namely An. kleini, An. pullus, An. belenrae, and An. sinensis, from Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea (ROK). This study confirmed that An. belenrae was infected by P. vivax, and implicated this species as a potential vector of vivax malaria in the ROK.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Anopheles / parasitology*
Host-Parasite Interactions
Insect Vectors / physiology*
Malaria, Vivax / epidemiology*
Malaria, Vivax / transmission*
Plasmodium vivax / physiology*
Republic of Korea / epidemiology