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Table 5 Plasmodium carriage in Anopheles mosquitoes analysed in pools and individually

From: Differential contribution of Anopheles coustani and Anopheles arabiensis to the transmission of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in two neighbouring villages of Madagascar

Species

Total screened

Pools analysed

Positive pools

Positive mosquitoes

Positive in species screening

Plasmodium species (n)

Sporozoite rate (SR) (%)

An. coustani

714

122

10

14

7

Pf (6); Pv (1)

Pf (0.84); Pv (0.14)

An. gambiae (s.l.)

374

60

8

9

3

Pf (1); Pv (2)

Pf (0.27); Pv (0.54)

An. funestus

212

36

3

3

3

Pf (2); Pv (1)

Pf (0.94); Pv (0.47)

An. squamosus

116

20

0

0

0

_

0

An. mascarensis

59

10

1

0

0

_

0

An. rufipes

40

7

1

2

0

_

0

An. maculipalpis

35

6

0

0

0

_

0

Total

1550

261

23

28

13

Pf (9); Pv (4)

Pf (0.58); Pv (0.26)

  1. Abbreviations: n, number of samples positive to Plasmodium species-specific; Pf, P. falciparum; Pv, P. vivax
  2. Notes: Mosquitoes analysed include those collected by both HLCs and PSCs