Case Report: Plasmodium vivax Sporozoite Melanization in the Midgut and Salivary Gland of the Malaria Vector Anopheles darlingi

Najara Akira Costa dos Santos; Alessandra da Silva Bastos; Jessica Evangelista Araujo; Jose Daniel Costa Pontual; Jansen Fernandes Medeiros; Joseph Michael Vinetz; Maisa da Silva Araujo

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.23-0349

Case Report: Plasmodium vivax Sporozoite Melanization in the Midgut and Salivary Gland of the Malaria Vector Anopheles darlingi

Najara Akira Costa dos Santos
, Alessandra da Silva Bastos
, Jessica Evangelista Araujo
, Jose Daniel Costa Pontual
, Jansen Fernandes Medeiros
, Joseph Michael Vinetz
, Maisa da Silva Araujo

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Instituto Nacional de Epidemiologia da Amazônia Ocidental (INCT-EpiAMO)
Fundação Universidade Federal de Rondônia (UNIR)
Yale University School of Medicine
Centro de Pesquisa em Medicina Tropical

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Anopheles darlingi is the primary malaria vector in the Amazon region and is highly susceptible to both Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum parasites. Although anopheline mosquitoes may develop melanotic encapsulation in response to Plasmodium parasites, there is no record of An. darlingi exhibiting a melanization response to P. vivax, the main malaria parasite in the Americas. Here, we report the occurrence of P. vivax sporozoite melanization in An. darlingi mosquitoes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	444-447
Number of pages	4
Journal	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	110
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.23-0349
State	Published - Mar 2024
Externally published	Yes

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Santos, N. A. C. D., da Silva Bastos, A., Araujo, J. E., Pontual, J. D. C., Medeiros, J. F., Vinetz, J. M., & da Silva Araujo, M. (2024). Case Report: Plasmodium vivax Sporozoite Melanization in the Midgut and Salivary Gland of the Malaria Vector Anopheles darlingi. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 110(3), 444-447. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.23-0349

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