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Table 1 Abundance, sporozoite rate and relative transmission index of specimens collected over a two years period, at all sentinel sites in Zambézia province, 2006-2010.

From: The emergence of insecticide resistance in central Mozambique and potential threat to the successful indoor residual spraying malaria control programme

 

Period 1

Period 2

 

2006 to 2007

2009 to 2010

An. gambiae s.l

  

   No Caught

2304

1465

   No analyzed for species identification

456

449

   Proportion An. gambiae s.s (%)

91

63

   Proportion An. arabiensis (%)

5

22

An. Arabiensis

  

   No estimated

115

322

   No per trap per 100 nights

0.058

0.2

   Sporozoite rate (%)

0 (n = 24)

0 (n = 98)

   Transmission index

NA

NA

   Transmission index relative to baseline

1

NA

An. gambiae s.s

  

   No estimated

2097

923

   No per trap per 100 nights

0.997

0.59

   Sporozoite rate (%)

4.096 (n = 415)

1.053 (n = 285)

   Transmission index

0.0486

0.0062

   Transmission index relative to baseline

1

0.13

An. funestus s.s

  

   No Caught

1997

856

   No per trap per 100 nights

1.59

0.19

   Sporozoite rate (%)

2.272 (n = 660)

0 (n = 272)

   Transmission index

0.036

NA

   Transmission index relative to baseline

1

NA

  1. NA = Not Applicable