Table 3 Summary of the proportions of Plasmodium-positive samples (as an indicator of malaria transmission foci) by season, site and location of mosquito collection in Taveta subcounty
From: Malaria vector bionomics in Taita-Taveta County, coastal Kenya
Parameters | ELISAa | PCRb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An. coustani | An. funestus | An. gambiae | An. coustani | An. arabiensis | Unamplified samples | |
Season | ||||||
 Dry | 3 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
 Wet | 12 (80.0) | 1 (100) | 30 (100) | 5 (83.3) | 6 (100) | 4 (100) |
Site | ||||||
 Kimundia | 12 (80.0) | 0 (0.00) | 10 (33.3) | 5 (83.3) | 5 (83.3) | 0 (0.0) |
 Kingwareni | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (6.67) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (25.0) |
 Kiwalwa | 2 (13.3) | 0 (0.00) | 11 (36.7) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (25.0) |
 Mwarusa | 1 (6.67) | 0 (0.00) | 3 (10.0) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (50.0) |
 Njoro | 0 (0.00) | 1 (100) | 4 (13.3) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Location | ||||||
 Indoors | 2 (13.3) | 0 (0.00) | 24 (80.0) | 0 (0.00) | 3 (50.0) | 4 (100) |
 Outdoor | 13 (86.7) | 1 (100) | 6 (20.0) | 6 (100) | 3 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) |