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1 February 2005 COMPARATIVE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THREE IMPORTANT MALARIA VECTORS ANOPHELES STEPHENSI, ANOPHELES FLUVIATILIS, AND ANOPHELES SUNDAICUS TO PLASMODIUM VIVAX
T. Adak, O. P. Singh, M. K. Das, Suman Wattal, Nutan Nanda
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Abstract

The 3 laboratory-colonized malaria vectors, i.e., Anopheles stephensi, An. sundaicus, and An. fluviatilis, were studied for their comparative susceptibility to Plasmodium vivax sporogony. There was no significant difference in oocyst and sporozoite recruitment by these 3 species, whereas the geometric mean (GM) of the oocyst number per midgut was significantly lower in An. fluviatilis as compared with that in the other 2 species. There was no difference in the GM of oocyst between An. stephensi and An. sundaicus. Adaptability to laboratory conditions and susceptibility to plasmodial infection suggest that An. fluviatilis and An. sundaicus can also be used as a vector model for vector–parasite interaction studies.

T. Adak, O. P. Singh, M. K. Das, Suman Wattal, and Nutan Nanda "COMPARATIVE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THREE IMPORTANT MALARIA VECTORS ANOPHELES STEPHENSI, ANOPHELES FLUVIATILIS, AND ANOPHELES SUNDAICUS TO PLASMODIUM VIVAX," Journal of Parasitology 91(1), 79-82, (1 February 2005). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-3514
Received: 4 March 2004; Accepted: 1 May 2004; Published: 1 February 2005
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