Table 1.

PCR testing for sibling species of the Anopheles funestus group and detection of Plasmodium falciparum and Wuchereria bancrofti infection

Collection village	Sampling period	No. included in test	PCR test for	No. positive PCR test#	No. (%) positive PCR tests according to sibling species
					An. funestus ss	An. parensis	An. rivulorum	An. leesoni
Kirare	2005-2007*	181	Sibling species	162	161 (99.4)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.6)
			P. falciparum	0	0 (0.0)	-	-	0 (0.0)
			W. bancrofti	24	24 (14.9)	-	-	0 (0.0)
Kirare	2008-2012*	276	Sibling species	259	240 (92.7)	13 (5.0)	4 (1.6)	2 (0.8)
			P. falciparum	0	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
			W. bancrofti	18	15 (6.3)	1 (7.7)	1 (25.0)	1 (50.0)
Zeneti	2014**	460	Sibling species	459	428 (93.2)	13 (2.8)	13 (2.8)	5 (1.1)
			P. falciparum	42	42 (9.8)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
			W. bancrofti	3	3 (0.7)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Kwakibuyu	2014**	116	Sibling species	116	111 (95.7)	2 (1.7)	2 (1.7)	1 (0.9)
			P. falciparum	6	6 (5.4)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
			W. bancrofti	0	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)

*) Archived specimens.

**) Newly collected specimens.

#) Only those identified to sibling species were tested for infection.