Korean J Parasitol.  2000 Dec;38(4):263-266. 10.3347/kjp.2000.38.4.263.

Comparative study on longevity of Anopheles sinensis in malarious and non-malarious areas in Korea

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  • 1Institute of Tropical Medicine and Department of Parasitology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea. para@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr

Abstract

An outbreak of vivax malaria has been occurring in northern part of Kyonggi-do and north-western part of Kangwon-do, where are located near the demilitarized zone, since 1993. For understanding of epidemiological features of malaria, the probability of daily survival of Anopheles sinensis, the vector species of malaria was compared in malarious and non-malarious areas in July-August, 2000. Total 915 females collected at three locations in malarious areas were dissected for ovaries, and 64.6% of the parous rate was found. Total 758 females collected at three locations in non-malarious areas were dissected, and 57.8% of the parous rate was observed. It was estimated from the parous rates that the probability of daily survival of An. sinensis females was 0.864 in malarious areas and 0.850 in non-malarious areas, which was not significantly different.


MeSH Terms

Animal
Anopheles/physiology*
Comparative Study
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Human
Insect Vectors
Korea/epidemiology
Longevity*
Malaria, Vivax/transmission
Malaria, Vivax/epidemiology*
Parity
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