Buchillet 2007 (Book) Malaria

Bibliografia crítica da saúde indígena no Brasil (1844-2006)

Author(s):—D. Buchillet

Publication:—Abya Yala, Quito (2007). ISBN: 978-9978-22-679-7

Abstract:—On page 354 the following text can be found:
There is in South America a particular type of forest malaria, known as "Bromelia malaria" and denounced in human and/or simian transmission. This forest malaria is transmitted by a sub-genus anopheles (Kerteszia) which larval breeding are aeral in the canopy. The breeding places are found in the forest in the epiphyte bromeliads. To understand this type of transmission, we must take reference to the previous entomological data at the upper Oyapock Wayapi (Tupi Amerinians). This Bromelia malaria could fluctuate according larval density variation related to washing of epiphytes (end of the rainy season) or to their flowering (end of the dry season).

Pages: 614 Size: 20 x 29 cm.