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Table 3 Number of mosquitoes collected and of Plasmodium-positive mosquitoes according to quantitative PCR

From: Epidemiological and entomological studies of malaria transmission in Tibati, Adamawa region of Cameroon 6 years following the introduction of long-lasting insecticide nets

Anopheles spp.

June 2015

July 2017

Total

Mosquitoes

Plasmodium sp.

Mosquitoes

Plasmodium sp.

N

N+ 

%

Pf

Pm

Po

Pv

N

N + 

(%)

Pf

Pm

Po

N

N+ 

%

An. gambiae

101

7

6.93

4

3

0

0

111

3

(2.7)

2

0

1

212

10

4.72

An. coluzzii

28

2

7.14

1

0

0

1

144

5

(3.47)

2

1

2

172

7

4.07

An. funestus (s.s.)

159

8

5.03

6

1

1

0

49

1

(2.04)

1

0

0

208

9

4.33

Total

288

17

5.9

11

4

1

1

304

9

(2.96)

5

1

3

592

26

4.39

  1. N Number of collected mosquitoes, N+ number of Plasmodium-positive mosquitoes, % percentage of infected mosquitoes, Pf Plasmodium falciparum, Pm Plasmodium malariae, Po Plasmodium ovale, Pv Plasmodium vivax