Title
Plasmodium vivax VK247 and VK210 circumsporozoite proteins in Anopheles mosquitoes from Andoas, Peru.
Date Issued
01 January 1993
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Need J.T.
Wirtz R.A.
Franke E.D.
Carbajal F.
Falcon R.
San Roman E.
Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas Navales de los Estados Unidos
Abstract
Anopheles mosquitoes captured in Andoas, Peru, a Plasmodium vivax-endemic area in the Peruvian Amazon region, contained both VK210 and VK247 P. vivax circumsporozoite (CS) proteins. Approximately 0.9% of the 4,403 mosquitoes tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were positive; 28% and 72% of the positive mosquitoes contained VK210 and VK247 CS proteins, respectively. These findings correlate strongly with a recent report of the presence of antibodies in residents of this area that recognize the VK210 and VK247 repeats, clearly indicating that both P. vivax CS protein polymorphs are common in the region.
Start page
597
End page
600
Volume
30
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Parasitología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0027600461
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of medical entomology
ISSN of the container
00222585
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