| [anopheles species in the municipality of pinheiro (maranhão), endemic area of malaria]. | the anophelae species of the municipal district of pinheiro, maranhão state, brazil, were studied, considering their variety, relative abundance, seasonal fluctuation, preference by the peri and intra domiciles as well as the hours of hematophagism. the females were captured using human bait, on a monthly basis from may/1998 to april/1999, from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. a total of 1,321 specimens of 10 species were captured, all belonging to the subgenus nyssorhynchus. the most frequent species were a. a ... | 2000 | 11064581 |
| [anopheles (culicidae, anophelinae) and malaria in buriticupu-santa luzia, pre-amazonic maranhao]. | seven species belonging the subgenus nyssorhyncus were found. anopheles (n.) darlingi, the principal vector of human malaria, was the most abundant (53.1%) followed by a. (n.) evansae (21.0%, a. (n.) triannulatus (17.4%) e a. (n.) nuñeztovari (4.8%). the others, a. (n.) argyritarsis. a. (n.) oswaldoi and a. (n.) rangeli, were less frequently found, representing only 3.7% of the total sample. the anophelines were most frequent in both the extra (51.7%) and peridomiciles (45.7%). the intradomicile ... | 1997 | 9148332 |