The experimental infection of Anopheles litoralis King from Luzon Island, Philippines, by Plasmodium vivax

Darsie, R.F.; Cagampang-Ramos, A.; Kalaw, F.

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 9(3): 445

1978


ISSN/ISBN: 0125-1562
PMID: 373132
Document Number: 126800
Female Anopheles litoralis derived from females caught on Luzon Island, Philippines, were fed on a patient with 2000 Plasmodium vivax/mm3 of blood, of which 2% were mature female and 1% mature male gametocytes. One of 11 mosquitoes still alive after 15 days was heavily infected with sporozoites in the salivary glands.

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