Heavy natural oocyst infections in Anopheles dirus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Attapeu Province, Lao PDR

Heavy natural oocyst infections in Anopheles dirus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Attapeu Province, Lao PDR

This note reports an unusual case of a high number of oocysts found by dissecting the midgut of Anopheles dirus Peyton & Harrison from Laos, where dissections have not been carried out for many decades. In dissected samples, the number of oocysts ranged from 1 to 250 and tests carried out on the...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of tropical insect science 2005-03, Vol.25 (1), p.59-61
Hauptverfasser: Vythilingam, I., Sidavong, B., Chan, S.T., Phonemixay, T., Phetsouvanh, R., Phompida, S.
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Sprache:eng
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Anopheles dirus
dissection
Laos
Oocysts
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Zusammenfassung:This note reports an unusual case of a high number of oocysts found by dissecting the midgut of Anopheles dirus Peyton & Harrison from Laos, where dissections have not been carried out for many decades. In dissected samples, the number of oocysts ranged from 1 to 250 and tests carried out on the heads and thoraces of A. dirus using the ELISA method were positive for Plasmodium falciparum.
ISSN:1742-7584
1742-7592
DOI:10.1079/IJT200554