Plasmodium Species Infecting Birds - Vectors of Avian Malaria

Vectors of Avian Malaria

• Aedes species:

• Aedes aegypti - P. gallinacium

• Aedes hesperonotius - P. gallinacium

• Culex species:

• Culex fatigans - P. relictum

• Culex pipiens - P. cathermerium, P. paddae

• Culex pipiens pipiens - P. kempi

• Culex nigripalpus - P. elongatum, P. hermani

• Culex quinquefasciatus - P. relictum

• Culex restuans - P. elongatum, P. forresteri

• Culex salinarius - P. elongatum, P. hermani

• Culex stigmatastoma - P. relictum

• Culex tarsalis - P. kempi, P. hexamerium, P. relictum

• Culiseta species

• Culiseta morsitans - P. circumflexum

• Mansonia species:

• Mansionia crassipes - P. circumflexum, P. gallinacium

• Theobaldia species

• Theobaldia annulata - P. circumflexum

Notes:

Sporogeny of P. circumflexum but not transmission has been recorded in Mansonia perturbans.