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Mosquito Species Composition and Plasmodium vivax Infection Rates on Baengnyeong-do (Island), Republic of Korea
Vivax malaria is a significant military and civilian health threat in the north of the Republic of Korea (ROK). The island of Baengnyeong-do is the westernmost point of the ROK and is located close to the southwestern coast of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Mosquitoes were co...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3210853/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22072836 http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2011.49.3.313 |
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author | Foley, Desmond H. Klein, Terry A. Lee, In-Yong Kim, Myung-Soon Wilkerson, Richard C. Harrison, Genelle Rueda, Leopoldo M. Kim, Heung Chul |
author_facet | Foley, Desmond H. Klein, Terry A. Lee, In-Yong Kim, Myung-Soon Wilkerson, Richard C. Harrison, Genelle Rueda, Leopoldo M. Kim, Heung Chul |
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description | Vivax malaria is a significant military and civilian health threat in the north of the Republic of Korea (ROK). The island of Baengnyeong-do is the westernmost point of the ROK and is located close to the southwestern coast of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Mosquitoes were collected using a black light trap on Baengnyeong-do, and Anopheles spp. were assayed by PCR, to identify the species, and screened for sporozoites of Plasmodium vivax. Of a subsample of 257 mosquitoes, Anopheles lesteri was the most frequently collected (49.8%), followed by Anopheles sinensis (22.6%), Anopheles pullus (18.7%), Anopheles kleini (7.8%), and Anopheles belenrae (1.2%). The overall sporozoite rate was 3.1%, with the highest rates observed in An. kleini (15.0%), An. sinensis (5.2%), and An. lesteri (1.6%). No sporozoite positive An. pullus or An. belenrae were observed. The results extend our knowledge of the distribution and potential role in malaria transmission of An. kleini, An. lesteri, and An. sinensis, for an area previously considered to be at a low risk for contracting vivax malaria. |
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spelling | pubmed-32108532011-11-09 Mosquito Species Composition and Plasmodium vivax Infection Rates on Baengnyeong-do (Island), Republic of Korea Foley, Desmond H. Klein, Terry A. Lee, In-Yong Kim, Myung-Soon Wilkerson, Richard C. Harrison, Genelle Rueda, Leopoldo M. Kim, Heung Chul Korean J Parasitol Brief Communication Vivax malaria is a significant military and civilian health threat in the north of the Republic of Korea (ROK). The island of Baengnyeong-do is the westernmost point of the ROK and is located close to the southwestern coast of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Mosquitoes were collected using a black light trap on Baengnyeong-do, and Anopheles spp. were assayed by PCR, to identify the species, and screened for sporozoites of Plasmodium vivax. Of a subsample of 257 mosquitoes, Anopheles lesteri was the most frequently collected (49.8%), followed by Anopheles sinensis (22.6%), Anopheles pullus (18.7%), Anopheles kleini (7.8%), and Anopheles belenrae (1.2%). The overall sporozoite rate was 3.1%, with the highest rates observed in An. kleini (15.0%), An. sinensis (5.2%), and An. lesteri (1.6%). No sporozoite positive An. pullus or An. belenrae were observed. The results extend our knowledge of the distribution and potential role in malaria transmission of An. kleini, An. lesteri, and An. sinensis, for an area previously considered to be at a low risk for contracting vivax malaria. The Korean Society for Parasitology 2011-09 2011-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3210853/ /pubmed/22072836 http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2011.49.3.313 Text en © 2011, Korean Society for Parasitology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Brief Communication Foley, Desmond H. Klein, Terry A. Lee, In-Yong Kim, Myung-Soon Wilkerson, Richard C. Harrison, Genelle Rueda, Leopoldo M. Kim, Heung Chul Mosquito Species Composition and Plasmodium vivax Infection Rates on Baengnyeong-do (Island), Republic of Korea |
title | Mosquito Species Composition and Plasmodium vivax Infection Rates on Baengnyeong-do (Island), Republic of Korea |
title_full | Mosquito Species Composition and Plasmodium vivax Infection Rates on Baengnyeong-do (Island), Republic of Korea |
title_fullStr | Mosquito Species Composition and Plasmodium vivax Infection Rates on Baengnyeong-do (Island), Republic of Korea |
title_full_unstemmed | Mosquito Species Composition and Plasmodium vivax Infection Rates on Baengnyeong-do (Island), Republic of Korea |
title_short | Mosquito Species Composition and Plasmodium vivax Infection Rates on Baengnyeong-do (Island), Republic of Korea |
title_sort | mosquito species composition and plasmodium vivax infection rates on baengnyeong-do (island), republic of korea |
topic | Brief Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3210853/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22072836 http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2011.49.3.313 |
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