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Table 3 Species of Plasmodium identified from the midguts and salivary glands of the An. introlatus and An. cracens caught using different trapping methods

From: Evaluation of Mosquito Magnet and other collection tools for Anopheles mosquito vectors of simian malaria

 

Human baited trap (HBT)

Human landing catch (HLC)

Mosquito Magnet (MM)

Midgut

Salivary gland

Midgut

Salivary gland

Midgut

Salivary gland

Plasmodium species in An. introlatus

      

 Pin

0

0

2

1

0

0

 Pfi

1

0

1

1

0

0

 Pin + Pfi

0

0

1

0

1

0

Plasmodium species in An. cracens

      

 Pin

0

0

0

0

0

1

 Total

1

0

4

2

1

1

  1. Pin Plasmodium inui; Pfi Plasmodium fieldi (1 of the sample was positive for both oocysts and sporozoites)