Amazonian malaria: asymptomatic human reservoirs, diagnostic challenges, environmentally driven changes in mosquito vector populations, and the mandate for …

M da Silva-Nunes, M Moreno, JE Conn, D Gamboa… - Acta tropica, 2012 - Elsevier
Across the Americas and the Caribbean, nearly 561,000 slide-confirmed malaria infections
were reported officially in 2008. The nine Amazonian countries accounted for 89% of these …

The global public health significance of Plasmodium vivax

KE Battle, PW Gething, IRF Elyazar, CL Moyes… - Advances in …, 2012 - Elsevier
Plasmodium vivax occurs globally and thrives in both temperate and tropical climates. Here,
we review the evidence of the biological limits of its contemporary distribution and the global …

The dominant Anopheles vectors of human malaria in Africa, Europe and the Middle East: occurrence data, distribution maps and bionomic précis

ME Sinka, MJ Bangs, S Manguin, M Coetzee… - Parasites & vectors, 2010 - Springer
Background This is the second in a series of three articles documenting the geographical
distribution of 41 dominant vector species (DVS) of human malaria. The first paper …

Malaria vector species in Colombia: a review

J Montoya-Lerma, YA Solarte… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
Here we present a comprehensive review of the literature on the vectorial importance of the
major Anopheles malaria vectors in Colombia. We provide basic information on the …

Phylogenetic Analysis and DNA-based Species Confirmation in Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus)

PG Foster, ES Bergo, BP Bourke, TMP Oliveira… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Specimens of neotropical Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) were collected and identified
morphologically. We amplified three genes for phylogenetic analysis–the single copy …

Malaria in selected non-Amazonian countries of Latin America

M Arevalo-Herrera, ML Quiñones, C Guerra… - Acta tropica, 2012 - Elsevier
Approximately 170 million inhabitants of the American continent live at risk of malaria
transmission. Although the continent's contribution to the global malaria burden is small, at …

Blood feeding habits of mosquitoes: hardly a bite in South America

K Melgarejo-Colmenares, MV Cardo, D Vezzani - Parasitology Research, 2022 - Springer
Mosquito blood feeding plays a key role in epidemiology. Despite its importance and large
number of studies worldwide, less attention has been paid in South America. We …

Abundance, behavior and entomological inoculation rates of anthropophilic anophelines from a primary Colombian malaria endemic area

N Naranjo-Diaz, DA Rosero, G Rua-Uribe, S Luckhart… - Parasites & vectors, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background In Colombia for several years, the Urabá-Bajo Cauca and Alto Sinú
region has registered the highest numbers of malaria cases in the country. Malaria vector …

A review of mixed malaria species infections in anopheline mosquitoes

M Imwong, S Nakeesathit, NPJ Day, NJ White - Malaria journal, 2011 - Springer
Background In patients with malaria mixed species infections are common and under
reported. In PCR studies conducted in Asia mixed infection rates often exceed 20%. In South …

Vector bionomics and malaria transmission in the Upper Orinoco River, Southern Venezuela

M Magris, Y Rubio-Palis, C Menares… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2007 - SciELO Brasil
A longitudinal epidemiological and entomological study was carried out in Ocamo, Upper
Orinoco River, between January 1994 and February 1995 to understand the dynamics of …