Mj. Bangs et al., MALARIA TRANSMISSION BY ANOPHELES PUNCTULATUS IN THE HIGHLANDS OF IRIAN-JAYA, INDONESIA, Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology, 90(1), 1996, pp. 29-38
A 21-month (1991-1992) assessment of malaria and the relative contribu
tion of Anopheles punctulatus and An. koliensis to its transmission wa
s conducted in Oksibil, a highland community in Irian Jaya, Indonesia.
Nearly all (98%) of the 2577 Anopheles from indoor or outdoor human-l
anding collections were An. punctulatus. Nineteen (0.75%) of the 2518
An. punctulatus tested were positive when tested for malaria circumspo
rozoite protein (CSP) by ELISA: nine (45% of positives) for Plasmodium
vivax-210, six (30%) for Plasmodium falciparum, three (15%) for P. vi
vax-247 and two (10%) for P. malariae. One mosquito was positive for b
oth P. vivax 210 and P. falciparum. All 59 An. koliensis tested were n
egative. All mosquitoes positive for CSP were from indoor collections,
89% from the main houses and the remaining 11% from the traditional d
wellings (bokams). These findings are discussed with respect to highla
nd malaria epidemiology and transmission in the Oksibil Valley.