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