Susceptibility of Anopheles aquasalis and An. darlingi to Plasmodium vivax VK210 and VK247

Abstract

The susceptibility of Anopheles aquasalis (F3 generation) and An. darlingi (F1 generation) to Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite protein phenotypes from a limited number of blood samples of malaria patients in Belém, state of Pará, Brazil, was examined. A polymerase chain reaction was used to determine the P. vivax phenotypes in blood samples and the blood-fed infected mosquitoes were dissected and tested by ELISA. In all patient infections, more infected An. aquasalis and An. darlingi were positive for VK210 compared with VK247.

Keywords

• malaria
• Plasmodium vivax
• VK210
• VK247
• Anopheles aquasalis
• Anopheles darlingi
• Brazilian Amazon