Table 2 Infection rate for P. falciparum calculated by circumsporozoite protein (CSP) ELISA from the head and thoraxes of An. arabiensis, An. gambiae M and S forms in Dielmo
Month | An. arabiensis | An. gambiae M Form | An. gambiae S Form | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tested | Positive | Tested | Positive | Tested | Positive | |
July | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 1 |
August | 56 | 1 | 61 | 2 | 211 | 5 |
September | 49 | 0 | 225 | 4 | 91 | 5 |
October | 12 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 34 | 2 |
November | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
December | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
CSP rates [95% cl] | 2.82% [0.9–6.5] | 3.17% [1.5–5.8] | 3.45% [1.9–5.7] | |||