Table 2.
Eukaryotic parasites and viruses identified from screening mosquito samples
| Taxon targeted | Species identified (N positive) | Percentage Positive | Percentage Identity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apicomplexa A | Theileria sp. (24) | 3.60 | 100 |
| Apicomplexa B | Plasmodium falciparum (8) | 1.20 | 100 |
| Apicomplexa C | Theileria sp. (3) | 0.45 | 100 |
| Microsporidia | Parathelohania anopheles (38) | 5.71 | 92.47 |
| Hazardia milleri (1) | 0.15 | 97.38 | |
| Culicospora magna (6) | 0.90 | 99.7 | |
| Microsporidium sp. 3 NR-2013 (34) | 5.11 | 97.01 | |
| Nematoda A | Acanthocheilonema viteae (12) | 1.80 | 100 |
| Loa loa/Dipetolenma sp. (7) | 1.05 | 99.64 | |
| Setaria labiatopapillosa (11) | 1.65 | 100 | |
| Auanema rhodensis (1) | 0.15 | 98.21 | |
| Nematoda B | Setaria yehi/Setaria digitate (4) | 0.60 | 99.72 |
| Acanthocheilonema viteae (1) | 0.15 | 99.72 | |
| Dipetolenma sp./Filariodea sp. (3) | 0.45 | 98.94 | |
| Flavivirus | Anopheles flavivirus variant 2 (2) | 0.30 | 99.06 |
| Anopheles flavivirus variant 2/variant 1 (1) | 0.15 | 88.26 | |
| Culex flavivirus (1) | 0.15 | 99.06 |
Table shows the parasite and viral taxon targeted by each primer, the species identified and number of mosquitoes positive for that species, the percentage of total mosquitoes positive, and the percentage match of the sequences amplified compared to that of the NCBI database