TY - JOUR
AU - Vidhya, Pachalil Thiruvoth
AU - Sunish, Ittoop Pulikkottil
AU - Maile, Anwesh
AU - Zahid, Ali Khan
T1 - Anopheles sundaicus Mosquitoes as Vector for Plasmodium knowlesi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal
PY - 2019
VL - 25
IS - 4
SP - 817
SN - 1080-6059
AB - Using PCR and sequencing, we found Plasmodium knowlesi in the malaria vector Anopheles sundaicus mosquito collected from Katchal Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. We cannot rule out natural transmission of this parasite to humans through this mosquito species. An in-depth investigation is needed to prevent disease outbreaks.
KW - Plasmodium knowlesi
KW - Anopheles sundaicus
KW - macaques
KW - malaria
KW - PCR
KW - DNA
KW - mosquitoes
KW - parasites
KW - Andaman and Nicobar Islands
KW - vector-borne infections
KW - India
DO - 10.3201/eid2504.181668
UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/4/18-1668_article
ER - End of Reference