Table 3.
Malaria positivity and sporozoite rate by ELISA antigen, anopheline species, and survey period
|
Number of positives (sporozoite rate, %) |
|
||
---|---|---|---|---|
Survey period / Species | P. vivax VK210 | P. vivax VK247 | P. falciparum | Total number tested |
April 2008: |
|
|
|
|
An. darlingi |
21 (0.521) |
9 (0.223) |
6 (0.149) |
4034 |
An. mediopunctatus |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
2 |
An. kompi |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 |
An. nuneztovari |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 |
An. oswaldoi |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
4 |
An. peryassui |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 |
An. shannoni |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 |
Unidentified |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
9 |
Total |
21 (0.519) |
9 (0.222) |
6 (0.148) |
4049 |
July-August 2008: |
|
|
|
|
An. darlingi |
0 (0.000) |
1 (0.103) |
1 (0.103) |
967 |
An. mediopunctatus |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
7 |
An. kompi |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 |
An. nuneztovari |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
1 |
An. oswaldoi |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
16 |
An. peryassui |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
3 |
An. shannoni |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 |
Unidentified |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
5 |
Total |
0 (0.000) |
1 (0.100) |
1 (0.100) |
999 |
January-February 2009: |
|
|
|
|
An. darlingi |
36 (1.116) |
32 (0.992) |
12 (0.372) |
3227 |
An. mediopunctatus |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
1 (6.250) |
16 |
An. kompi |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
1 |
An. nuneztovari |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
1 |
An. oswaldoi |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
20 |
An. peryassui |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 |
An. shannoni |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
0 (0.000) |
1 |
Unidentified |
1 (3.125) |
0 (0.000) |
1 (3.125) |
32 |
Total | 37 (1.122) | 32 (0.970) | 14 (0.424) | 3298 |
Mosquitoes collected along the Mazan River were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) for P. vivax VK210, P. vivax VK247, and P. falciparum. Sporozoite rates (percentage of CSP positive mosquitoes) were calculated using the resulting number of positives.