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ON THE USE OF CLASSIC EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FORMULAE FOR ESTIMATING THE INTENSITY OF ENDEMIC MALARIA TRANSMISSION BY VECTORS IN THE AMAZON
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Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Departamento de Zoologia. Recife, PE, Brasil.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães. Departamento de Imunologia. Recife, PE, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Transmissores de Hematozoários. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães. Departamento de Imunologia. Recife, PE, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Transmissores de Hematozoários. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Although various reports have described entomological inoculation rates of malaria vector species, most were limited to providing descriptive field data. Here, we report biting rates and survival data for two important malaria vectors in the Amazon, Anopheles darlingi (Root) and Anopheles albitarsis E (Lynch-Arribalzaga) (Diptera: Culicidae), in the state of Roraima, Brazil. We calculated theoretical sporozoite infection rates and critical vector biting rates for these species during 1 year, comprising six bimestrial collections. Anopheles darlingi had higher sporozoite rates and lower critical biting rates, indicating that it would be the more efficient vector at the beginning of epidemic malaria transmission. Our data, together with compiled information from the literature in the Amazon, suggest that epidemic malaria transmission may be initiated by the primary vector, such as A. darlingi, while secondary vectors, such as A. albitarsis E, may only become epidemiologically important when there is an increase in the prevalence of human malaria. We propose that mathematical modeling may be able to quantify the relative importance of secondary vector species in malaria epidemiology.
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