Global warming threatens to increase the spread and prevalence of mosquito-transmitted diseases. Certain pathogens may be carried by migratory birds and transmitted to local mosquito populations. Mosquitoes were collected in the northern Philippines during bird migration seasons to detect avian malaria parasites as well as for the identification of potential vector species and the estimation of infections among local mosquito populations. We used the nested PCR to detect the avian malaria species. Culex vishnui (47.6%) was the most abundant species collected and Cx. tritaeniorhynchus (13.8%) was the second most abundant. Avian Plasmodium parasites were found in eight mosquito species, for which the infection rates were between 0.5% and 6.2%. The six Plasmodium genetic lineages found in this study included P. juxtanucleare -GALLUS02, Tacy7 (Donana04), CXBIT01, Plasmodium species LIN2 New Zealand, and two unclassified lineages. The potential mosquito vectors for avian Plasmodium parasites in the Philippines were Cq. crassipes, Cx. fuscocephala, Cx. quinquefasciatus, Cx. sitiens, Cx. vishnui, and Ma. Uniformis; two major genetic lineages, P. juxtanucleare and Tacy7, were identified.
How to translate text using browser tools
1 December 2015
Avian Plasmodium Infection in Field-Collected Mosquitoes During 2012–2013 in Tarlac, Philippines
Tien-Huang Chen,
Wilfredo E. Aure,
Estrella Irlandez Cruz,
Fedelino F. Malbas Jr,
Hwa-Jen Teng,
Liang-Chen Lu,
Kyeong Soon Kim,
Yoshio Tsuda,
Pei-Yun Shu
ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE
It is not available for individual sale.
This article is only available to subscribers.
It is not available for individual sale.
It is not available for individual sale.
Journal of Vector Ecology
Vol. 40 • No. 2
December 2015
Vol. 40 • No. 2
December 2015
Avian malaria parasite
Culicidae
Philippines