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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)