Nyssorhynchus dunhami: bionomics and natural infection by Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax in the Peruvian Amazon

Nyssorhynchus dunhami: bionomics and natural infection by Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax in the Peruvian Amazon

BACKGROUND Nyssorhynchus dunhami, a member of the Nuneztovari Complex, has been collected in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru and described as zoophilic. Although to date Ny. dunhami has not been documented to be naturally infected by Plasmodium, it is frequently misidentified as other Oswaldoi subgroup s...

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Main Authors: Catharine Prussing, Sara A Bickersmith, Marta Moreno, Marlon P Saavedra, Freddy Alava, Maria Anice Mureb Sallum, Dionicia Gamboa, Joseph M Vinetz, Jan E Conn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2018-12-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Nyssorhynchus nuneztovari s.l.
Nyssorhynchus dunhami
Plasmodium
larval habitats
Peruvian Amazon
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