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. 1999 Sep;93(6):659-62.
doi: 10.1080/00034989958168.

Infection rates in, and the number of Plasmodium falciparum genotypes carried by Anopheles mosquitoes in Tanzania

L H Taylor  1
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Infection rates in, and the number of Plasmodium falciparum genotypes carried by Anopheles mosquitoes in Tanzania

L H Taylor. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1999 Sep.

Abstract

Naturally fed mosquitoes were collected from houses in a rural village in northern Tanzania. The number of Plasmodium falciparum oocysts which developed in each was counted, and the number of parasite genotypes carried by a subset was determined by PCR-based techniques. A higher proportion of Anopheles gambiae s.l. mosquitoes developed oocysts than of An. funestus but, on average, both species carried similar numbers of parasite genotypes. Overall, 68% of the sampled mosquitoes carried more than one genotype.

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