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Published in final edited form as: J Med Entomol. 1997 Jul;34(4):417–425. doi: 10.1093/jmedent/34.4.417

Table 1.

Anopheles species known to be capable of transmitting >1 species of Plasmodium, singly or concurrently

Anopheles Single-species infections
Mixed-species infections
FAL MAL OVA VIV Refs Refs (Field) Refs (EXP)
An. albimanus Wiedemann x x x Beach et al. 1992, Molineaux 1988, Olano et al. 1985
An. amictus Edwards x x Molineaux 1988
An. annularis van der Wulp x x x Amerasinghe et al. 1991
An. annulipes Walker x x Molineaux 1988
An. atroparvus Van Thiel x x x x Molineaux 1988 28 FV
An. balbacensis Baisis s.l. x x x Molineaux 1988
An. bancrofti Giles x x Molineaux 1988
An. culifacies Giles s.l. x x Amerasinghe et al. 1991, Mendis et al. 1990 29 FV
An. darlingi Root x x Klein et al. 1991a,b
An. deaneorum Rosa-Freitas x x Branquinho et al. 1993
An. dirus Peyton and Harrison x x Baker et al. 1987, Gingrich et al. 1990, Harbach et al. 1987 27 FV
An. farauti Laveran x x x Burkot et al. 1987, Wirtz et al. 1987 19 FM/FV
An. fluviatilis James x x 29 FV
An. freeborni Aitken x x x Molineaux 1988
An. funestus Giles x x x 5, 6, 30 FM/FO/MO/FMO
An. gambiae Giles s.l. x x x x Collins & Roberts 1991 5, 6, 15, 30 FM/FO/MO/FMO
An. koliensis Owen x x Burkot et al. 1987, Wirtz et al. 1987
An. lindesayi pleccau Koidzumi x x x Lien 1991
An. longirostis Brug x x Molineaux 1988
An. ludlowae Theobald x x x Lien 1991
An. maculatus Theobald x x x x Lien 1991, Molineaux 1988 18 (F, M, V “mixed”)
An. mediopunctatus Theobald x x Klein et al. 1991a,b
An. minimus Theobald x x x Gingrich et al. 1990, Harbach et al. 1987
An. nigerrimus Giles x x Baker et al. 1987
An. nili Theobald x x Boudin et al. 1991
An. oswaldoi Peryassu x x x Branquinho et al. 1993, de Arruda et al. 1986
An. peditaeniatus Leicester x x Baker et al. 1987
An. punctipennis Say x x x Molineaux 1988
An. punctulatus Doenitz x x x Burkot et al. 1987, Wirtz et al. 1987 2, 11, 12 FV
An. quadrimaculatus Say x x x x Molineaux 1988 8 FV
An. sacharovi Favre x x Molineaux 1988
An. sinensis Wiedemann x x x Lien 1991
An. splendidus Koidzumi x x x Lien 1991
An stephensi Liston x x x x Molineaux 1988 26 FV
An. stipmaticus Skuse x x Molineaux 1988
An. subpictus Grassi x x x Amerasinghe et al. 1991
An. tessellatus Theobald x x x Gamage-Mendis et al. 1993, Lein 1991
An. triannulatus Neiva and Pinto x x Klein et al. 1991a,b
An. vagus Donitz x x Baker et al. 1987

Refs, references; FAL or F, P. falciparum; MAL or M, P. malariae; OVA or O, P. ovale; VIV or V, P. vivax; FV, FM, FO, MO, or FMO, species in mixed infections; for field or experimental (EXP) studies. Beach et al. 1992; Collins & Roberts 1991; Klein et al, 1991a,b; Lien 1991; Olano et al, 1985 (for single-species infections) also involve experimental rather than field studies. Molineaux 1988 reviews microscopy-based studies. Boyd et al. 1937, Collins & Roberts 1991, Gamage-Mendis et al. 1993, Graves et al. 1988, Klein et al. 1991a,b, Lien 1991, Olano et al. 1985, Shute 1951 report results from microscopy; Amerasinghe et al. 1991, Anthony et al. 1992, Baker et al. 1987, Branquinho et al. 1993, Burkot et al. 1990, Burkot et al. 1992, Fontenille et al. 1992, Harbach et al. 1987. Mendis et al. 1990, Subbarao et al, 1992 from immunoassay; Beach et al. 1992, J. Beier et al. 1991, M. Beier et al 1988, Boudin et al. 1991, Burkot et al, 1987, de Arruda et al, 1986. Gingrich et al. 1990, Gordon et al. 1991, Ponnudurai et al. 1990, Rosenberg et al, 1990, Trape et al. 1994, Wirtz et al. 1987 from both. In nineteen of twenty references microscopy revealed salivary glands positive for sporozoites, but in de Arruda et al. 1986 only midguts positive for oocysts.