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    <i>Anopheles (Anopheles) neomaculipalpus</i> : a new malaria vector in the Amazon basin?
    (Wiley, 2005) Jorge E. Moreno; Yasmín Rubio-Palis; E. Páez; Edilberto Guevara Pérez; Víctor Manuel Muñoz Sánchez; Elena Vaccari
    Anopheles (Anopheles) neomaculipalpus Curry (Diptera: Culicidae) collected by human landing catches and light traps in southern Venezuela were assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of Plasmodium circumsporozoite (CS) protein. A total of 356 An. neomaculipalpus were collected, of which three (0.84%) were positive for P. vivax, two for the variant 247 and one for the variant 210. The overall sporozoite rate in An. neomaculipalpus was similar to that for the principal vector An. (Nyssorhynchus) darlingi Root (0.82%) and higher than in An. (Nys.) marajoara Galvão & Damasceno (0.27%). This is the first report of An. neomaculipalpus naturally infected with Plasmodium parasites in Venezuela.