Natural malaria infection in anophelines vectors and their incrimination in local malaria transmission in Darién, Panama

• Rolando Torres-Cosme ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rolando Torres-Cosme, Chystrie Rigg, Ana María Santamaría

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departamento de Investigación en Entomología Médica, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud (ICGES), Panam, Repblica de Panam

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• Chystrie Rigg ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rolando Torres-Cosme, Chystrie Rigg, Ana María Santamaría

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departamento de Investigación en Parasitología, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud (ICGES), Panam, Repblica de Panam

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• Ana María Santamaría ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rolando Torres-Cosme, Chystrie Rigg, Ana María Santamaría

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departamento de Investigación en Parasitología, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud (ICGES), Panam, Repblica de Panam

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• Vanessa Vásquez,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departamento de Investigación en Parasitología, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud (ICGES), Panam, Repblica de Panam

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• Carlos Victoria,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departamento de Control de Vectores, Ministerio de Salud (MINSA), Panam, Repblica de Panam

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• José Luis Ramirez,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Crop Bioprotection Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

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• José E. Calzada,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departamento de Investigación en Parasitología, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud (ICGES), Panam, Repblica de Panam

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• Lorenzo Cáceres Carrera

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lcaceres@gorgas.gob.pa, cacereslorenzo@gmail.com

  Affiliation Departamento de Investigación en Entomología Médica, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud (ICGES), Panam, Repblica de Panam

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2025-6893

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