| detection of avian plasmodium spp. dna sequences from mosquitoes captured in minami daito island of japan. | several species of birds in minami daito island, an oceanic island located in the far south from the main islands of japan, were found to be infected with avian plasmodium. however, no vector species of the avian malaria in this island have been revealed yet. to speculate potential vectors, we collected mosquitoes there and investigated using a pcr procedure whether the mosquitoes harbor avian malaria or not. totally 1,264 mosquitoes including 9 species were collected during march 2006 to februa ... | 2008 | 19057139 |