Investigation of Armigeres subalbatus, a vector of zoonotic Brugia pahangi filariasis in plantation areas in Suratthani, Southern Thailand.

ABSTRACT: In recent years, children in Thailand have been infected with zoonotic Brugia pahangi. However, the local environment of rubber or oil palm plantations, which would increase their exposure to risk factors of the infection due to mosquito transmission, is unclear. The present study first sought to determine the extent to which variations in the local landscape, such as the elevated versus low-lying ecotope of rubber or oil palm plantations, in a 2-km radius of the geographically defined landscape in a rural area of Suratthani, Southern Thailand could influence the abundance of Armigeres subalbatus and its susceptibility to zoonotic filarial parasite infections compared to Mansonia, Aedes, and Culex, and Coquillettidia. Thereafter, the filarial larva

SUBMITTER: Intarapuk A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8121957 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature