Mosquito abundance, bed net coverage and other factors associated with variations in sporozoite infectivity rates in four villages of rural Tanzania

Table 2 Sporozoite prevalence rates for Anopheles mosquitoes testes for circumsporozoite protein in each village monthly.

	Ndungu			Kisangara			Rundugai			Chamwino
Months	SPR	SPM	TM	SPR	SPM	TM	SPR	SPM	TM	SPR	SPM	TM
April	0.3	1	310	0	0	210	3.8	14	361	10	28	280
May	1	4	410	0	0	206	2.7	3	110	0.9	1	109
June	0.3	1	290	0	0	173	0.2	1	413	8	34	421
July	0	0	150	0	0	359	1	4	390	2.9	11	370
August	1	5	509	0	0	198	0	0	348	0.9	3	301
September	5.1	10	194	0	0	104	2	5	241	9	34	382
Comparison of SPR in villages	χ² = 13.3 ; df = 3 and P = 0.004

Key:
SPR = Sporozoite Prevalence rates; SPM = Sporozoite Positive mosquitoes; TM = Total Tested Mosquitoes

ISSN: 1475-2875