| species composition and natural infectivity of anthropophilic anopheles (diptera: culicidae) in the states of córdoba and antioquia, northwestern colombia. | malaria is a serious health problem in the states of córdoba and antioquia, northwestern colombia, where 64.4% of total colombian cases were reported in 2007. because little entomological information is available in this region, the aim of this work was to identify the anopheles species composition and natural infectivity of mosquitoes distributed in seven localities with highest malaria transmission. a total of 1,768 anopheles mosquitoes were collected using human landing catches from march 200 ... | 2009 | 20140372 |
| malaria vector anopheles (nyssorhynchus) nuneztovari comprises one genetic species in colombia based on homogeneity of nuclear its2 rdna. | previous studies indicated that two distinct chromosomal forms of anopheles nuneztovari gabaldón, cytotypes b and c, occurred on the west and east of the latin american andes mountains, respectively. to determine the taxonomic status ofanopheles (nyssorhynchus) nuneztovari in colombia, link-reared specimens were collected from four sites: in the departments of chocó (la pacurita) and valle (sitronella) in the west, and norte de santander (guaramito andl tibú) in the east. nuclear its2 sequences ... | 2004 | 15185929 |