Some observations on the mosquitoes of Indian settlements in Xingu National Park, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, with emphasis on malaria vectors
De Oliveira, R.L.
Revista Brasileira de Biologia 49(2): 393-397
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0034-7108 PMID: 2575265 Document Number: 339157
A mosquito survey was carried out in malarious Indian settlements in the Xingu National Park, Brazil, by the end of the rainy season.sbd.March, 1987, when 27 species were collected. Anopheles darlingi, the most frequent an anthropophilic mosquito, was found infected with Plasmodium falciparum and seems to be the principal malaria vector in the area. The other Anophelinae and Culicinae were little frequent or scarce. The local fauna includes vectors of yellow fever and of several other arbovirus.