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. 2013 May 31;12:178. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-178

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.