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Table 1 Species identification and infection rates with Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein.

From: Insecticide resistance in malaria vector mosquitoes at four localities in Ghana, West Africa

 

funestus

arabiensis

gambiae s.s.

S form

M form

M/S hybrids

Obuasi

      

No. Identified

181

0

633

160

0

0

% infected

1.81*

(4/221)

-

-

4.9*

(13/267)

-

-

Tarkwa

      

No. Identified

78

0

475

417

38

4

% infected

3.8

(3/78)

-

4.7

(17/365)

4.5

(15/333)

6.25

(2/32)

0

Ahafo

      

No. Identified

34

1

461

205

15

0

% infected

2.9

(1/34)

-

8.3

(19/229)

8.6

(16/187)

15.4

(2/13)

-

Akyem

      

No. Identified

100

0

134

23

0

0

% infected

8.06

(5/62)

-

5.03

(8/159)

-

-

-

  1. *These infectivity rates for Obuasi are taken from Coetzee et al. [2] for comparison as no ELISAs were carried out in 2010.