Plataforma de Produção e Infecção de Vetores da Malária- PIVEM, Laboratório de Entomologia, Fiocruz Rondônia, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil.
Instituto Nacional de Epidemiologia da Amazônia Ocidental (INCT-EpiAMO), Porto Velho, RO, Brazil.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Feb 13;110(3):444-447. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0349. Print 2024 Mar 6.
Anopheles darlingi is the primary malaria vector in the Amazon region and is highly susceptible to both Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum parasites. Although anopheline mosquitoes may develop melanotic encapsulation in response to Plasmodium parasites, there is no record of An. darlingi exhibiting a melanization response to P. vivax, the main malaria parasite in the Americas. Here, we report the occurrence of P. vivax sporozoite melanization in An. darlingi mosquitoes.
致倦库蚊是亚马逊地区的主要疟疾传播媒介,对间日疟原虫和恶性疟原虫都高度敏感。尽管按蚊可能会对疟原虫产生黑化包囊反应,但尚无关于安蚊对美洲主要疟原虫间日疟原虫表现出黑化反应的记录。在这里,我们报告了在致倦库蚊中出现间日疟原虫孢子黑素化。