Active malaria transmission in South Mizoram
Das, S.C.; Bhuyan, M.; Baruah, I.
Indian Journal of Malariology 27(2): 111-117
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0367-8326 PMID: 2209927 Document Number: 349923
A total of 2533 mosquitoes of 26 species of the genera Anopheles, Culex, Aedes, Armigeres, Mansonia, Coquillettidia and Ficalbia were collected at night in labour camps, village huts, cattle sheds and goat cabins in Tlabong, Demagiri, India, during the wet season (August-September), 1984. Anopheles dirus was the dominant vector species (1007, 39.75% of the total catch), followed by A. minimus (791, 31.22%). A total of 178 A. dirus and 159 A. minimus were dissected. Two A. dirus were found gland positive for Plasmodium sporozoites (1.12% infection rate), but no A. minimus were found positive. High parity rates of A. dirus (33.69%) and A. minimus (52.87%) were high. Both the vectors were found highly susceptible to 4% DDT.