Preliminary observations on the changing roles of malaria vectors in southern Belize.

D. R. Roberts; O. Chan; J. Pecor; E. Rejmankova; S. Manguin; J. Polanco; L. J. Legters

Preliminary observations on the changing roles of malaria vectors in southern Belize.

D. R. Roberts^*, O. Chan, J. Pecor, E. Rejmankova, S. Manguin, J. Polanco, L. J. Legters

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A survey for larval and adult Anopheles mosquitoes was conducted in Toledo District of southern Belize during August-September 1992. We surveyed for larvae in 145 habitats and conducted paired indoor-outdoor collections of adult mosquitoes landing on humans at 6 houses. In 1940-41, Kumm and Ram reported Anopheles darlingi females to be the most common Anopheles mosquitoes inside houses and reported no specimens of Anopheles vestitipennis in southern Belize. In our 1992 survey we found no An. darlingi mosquitoes either as adults or larvae. More An. vestitipennis females were captured indoors than outdoors, whereas most Anopheles albimanus and Anopheles apicimacula females were captured outdoors. All 3 species were represented occasionally in 145 collections of larvae from diverse habitats. Anopheles vestitipennis now appears to be a potentially important vector of malaria during the wet season in Toledo District.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	456-459
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
Volume	9
Issue number	4
State	Published - Dec 1993
Externally published	Yes

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Preliminary observations on the changing roles of malaria vectors in southern Belize.

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