Identifying avian malaria vectors: sampling methods influence outcomes

Parasites & Vectors

Table 3 Body parts that tested positive for Haemoproteus spp. (thoraxes only) and for Plasmodium spp. (thoraxes, salivary glands, and abdomens) followed by the total prevalence for each body part

Mosquito species	Total collected	Total Haemoproteus positive thoraxes	Haemoproteus prevalence	Total Plasmodium positive thoraxes	Plasmodium positive thoraxes prevalence	Total Plasmodium positive salivary glands	Plasmodium positive salivary glands Prevalence	Total Plasmodium positive abdomens	Plasmodium positive abdomens prevalence
Ae. sierrensis	4	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-
Ae. vexans	324	4	1.2 %	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ae. washinoi	9	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-
An. freeborni	88	1	1.1 %	0	0	0	0	0	0
An. punctipennis	168	1	0.6 %	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cx. erythrothorax	297	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-
Cx. pipiens complex	551	1	0.2 %	3	0.5 %	0	0	3	0.5 %
Cx. restuans	167	1	0.6 %	3	1.8 %	2	1.2 %	1	0.6 %
Cx. stigmatosoma	693	1	0.1 %	53	7.6 %	44	6.3 %	39	5.6 %
Cx. tarsalis	464	3	0.6 %	15	3.2 %	11	2.4 %	13	2.8 %
Cx. thriambus	59	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-
Cs. impatiens	4	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-
Cs. incidens	7	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-
Cs. inornata	8	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-
Cs. particeps	240	2	0.8 %	2	0.8 %	0	0	0	0
Total	3083	14	0.5 %	76	2.4 %	57	1.8 %	56	1.8 %

The symbol ‘-’ characterizes samples for which a PCR was not carried out (for salivary glands and abdomens) because the thoraxes tested negative for both Plasmodium and Haemoproteus spp. for those particular mosquito species

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