MALARIA VECTOR INCRIMINATION IN THREE RURAL RIVERINE VILLAGES IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON

ALLAN KARDEC RIBEIRO GALARDO Gerência de Projeto Ensino e Pesquisa em Saúde, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Amapá and Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnologicas de Estado do Amapá, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil; Department of Immunology, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; Gerência de Projeto Ensino e Pesquisa em Saúde, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Amapá, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil; Entomology Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS, Vero Beach, Florida 32962

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MERCIA ARRUDA Gerência de Projeto Ensino e Pesquisa em Saúde, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Amapá and Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnologicas de Estado do Amapá, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil; Department of Immunology, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; Gerência de Projeto Ensino e Pesquisa em Saúde, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Amapá, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil; Entomology Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS, Vero Beach, Florida 32962

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ALVARO A. R. D’ALMEIDA COUTO Gerência de Projeto Ensino e Pesquisa em Saúde, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Amapá and Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnologicas de Estado do Amapá, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil; Department of Immunology, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; Gerência de Projeto Ensino e Pesquisa em Saúde, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Amapá, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil; Entomology Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS, Vero Beach, Florida 32962

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ROBERT WIRTZ Gerência de Projeto Ensino e Pesquisa em Saúde, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Amapá and Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnologicas de Estado do Amapá, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil; Department of Immunology, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; Gerência de Projeto Ensino e Pesquisa em Saúde, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Amapá, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil; Entomology Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS, Vero Beach, Florida 32962

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L. PHILIP LOUNIBOS Gerência de Projeto Ensino e Pesquisa em Saúde, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Amapá and Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnologicas de Estado do Amapá, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil; Department of Immunology, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; Gerência de Projeto Ensino e Pesquisa em Saúde, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Amapá, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil; Entomology Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS, Vero Beach, Florida 32962

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ROBERT H. ZIMMERMAN Gerência de Projeto Ensino e Pesquisa em Saúde, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Amapá and Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnologicas de Estado do Amapá, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil; Department of Immunology, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; Gerência de Projeto Ensino e Pesquisa em Saúde, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Amapá, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil; Entomology Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS, Vero Beach, Florida 32962

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Vector incrimination studies were conducted from April 2003 to February 2005 at three riverine villages 1.5 km to 7.0 km apart, along the Matapi River, Amapa State, Brazil. A total of 113,117 mosquitoes were collected and placed in pools of ≤ 7 mosquitoes (19,883 pools) and tested for species-specific circumsporozoite protein (CSP) of P. falciparum, P. vivax VK210, and P. vivax VK247 using the enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA). A subset of 63,330 mosquitoes (12,191 pools) was tested for P. malariae. Anopheles darlingi and An. marajoara had the highest proportion of circumsporozoite protein positives for human malaria parasites compared with An. nuneztovari, An. triannulatus, and An. intermedius. Anopheles darlingi and An. marajoara had the highest entomological inoculation rates (EIR) and were considered to be the most important malaria vectors in the study. Anopheles nuneztovari was also an important vector. Differences in entomological inoculation rates were more dependent on mosquito abundance than on sporozoite rates.

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