| anopheles dirus and its role in malaria transmission in myanmar. | anopheles dirus is one of the primary vectors of highly drug-resistant plasmodium falciparum, which causes cerebral malaria resulting in high mortality. mosquito collections were conducted in a forest wood-extraction area (bago division), an irrigated plain area near foothills (mandalay division), a coastal plain (from domestic wells in the mudon area, mon state) near the foothill area, as well as a hilly area (deep forest timber extraction camp, tanintharyi division) from may 1998 to march 2000 ... | 2003 | 14714666 |