Table 1.
Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite rates (%) by species in selected dryland areas, Kenya.
Species | Kerio Valley | Rabai | Nguruman | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
An. funestus group | An. longipalpis C | 5.2% (19/362) | 0% (0/8) | 0% (0/1) | 5.1% (19/371) |
An. funestus s.s. | 5% (1/20) | 0% (0/2) | 100% (1/1) | 8.7% (2/23) | |
An. rivulorum | 0% (0/4) | 5.3% (1/19) | 19.5% (8/41) | 14.1% (9/64) | |
Unamplified | 12% (11/92) | 0% (0/43) | 4.3% (2/46) | 7.2% (13/181) | |
An. gambiae s.l. | An. gambiae. | 20% (1/5) | 0% | 11.1% (1/9) | 14.3% (2/14) |
An. arabiensis | 2.4% (1/41) | 0% | 0% (0/11) | 1.9% (1/52) | |
Total | 6.3% (33/524) | 1.4% (1/72) | 11% (12/109) | 6.5% (46/705) |
Number in parenthesis indicates proportion of the total that tested positive for each species.