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Anopheles deaneorum: a new potential malaria vector in State of Santa Catarina, Brazil (Diptera: Culicidae)
2013; Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine; Volume: 46; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1590/0037-8682201200342013
ISSN1678-9849
AutoresCarlos Brisóla Marcondes, Vinícios Ferreira-de-Freitas,
Tópico(s)Insect Pest Control Strategies
ResumoAlthough the vast majority of malaria cases in Brazil occur at Amazonian region, imported and autochthonous cases also occur at the State of Santa Catarina 1 .The healthcare professionals of this state are probably not prepared to diagnose and treat malarial cases 2 , and this could even be life-threatening 3 .Even after the malaria control program, several Anopheline species are being reported for the state 4 , and Anopheles cruzii, well adapted to primary and secondary forests, is the greatest potential vector.The previous report of Anopheles deaneorum at eight municipalities of Santa Catarina 4 has a great significance, but was poorly detailed and probably has not received enough attention though.Mosquitoes belonging to this species, of Anopheles albitarsis complex, are highly anthropophilic 5 and as susceptible to experimental infection with Plasmodium vivax 6 and Plasmodium falciparum 7 as Anopheles darlingi, being found naturally infected with both Plasmodium species at the State of Rondônia, Brazil 8 .At October 8 th , 2012, a gathering was performed in the twilight near the headquarters of the Parque Estadual da Serra do Tabuleiro (headquarters' coordinates: 27°50'35.70"S,48°37'35.76"W),at the locality of Baixada do Maciambu (Palhoça Municipality).The gathering was accomplished using a lamp with the Shannon Trap and a device to suck mosquitoes and blow them into plastic boxes 9 (coordinates: 27°50'42.60"S,48°37'38.76"W).In just half an hour, among the hundreds of mosquitoes flying under the trap's flaps, we captured 55 specimens of A. deaneorum, which were either landing in the trap's cloth or trying to bite the gatherers.Several of them bit those gatherers at the laboratory, in the following days, for the obtainment of eggs.The area of collection has arboreal and bushy vegetation typical of the Restinga (Southern Brazilian Coastal Sandy Vegetation) areas, having well cared trails for the visitors and also wetlands, being located 40km from the downtown of Florianópolis (Capital of State of Santa Catarina) and 8.5km from the Pinheira Beach, which is a heavily inhabited area,
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