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Anopheline Species Complexes in Brazil. Current Knowledge of Those Related to Malaria Transmission

Vol. 93(5): 651-655

Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas/+, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira*, Carlos José de Carvalho-Pinto*/**, Carmen Flores-Mendoza*, Teresa Fernandes Silva-do-Nascimento*

Laboratório de Sistemática Bioquímica, Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular *Laboratório de Transmissão de Hematozoários, Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil 4365,
21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil **Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia,
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil

A summary of the problems related to the systematics of primary and secondary Brazilian anophelines vectors of malaria is presented.

Key words: Anopheles systematics - species complexes - malaria vectors - Nyssorhynchus - Kerteszia


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E-mail: mgoreti@gene.dbbm.fiocruz.br

Received 15 June 1998

Accepted 30 July 1998


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