Publications
| malaria surveillance--united states, 1993. | malaria is caused by infection with one of four species of plasmodium (p. falciparum, p. vivax, p. ovale, and p. malariae), which are transmitted by the bite of an infective female anopheles sp. mosquito. most malaria cases in the united states occur among persons who have traveled to areas (i.e., other countries) in which disease transmission is ongoing. however, cases are transmitted occasionally through exposure to infected blood products, by congenital transmission, or by local mosquito-born ... | 1997 | 12412770 |
| anopheles mosquito transmission of brain tumor. | some investigators have postulated a viral cause of malignant glioma, possibly sv40 [miller g. brain cancer. a viral link to glioblastoma? science 2009;323(5910):30-1] or cytomegalovirus (cmv). a source of other brain tumor viruses might be the anopheles mosquito, the vector of malaria. evidence of an association of anopheles with brain tumors can be found in the relationship between malaria outbreaks in united states and reports of brain tumor incidence by state. there is a significant associat ... | 2010 | 19656635 |