Table 3 The total numbers of mosquitoes examined and sporozoite rates for An. arabiensis , An. gambiae s.s . and An. funestus collected by pyrethrum spray catch from Chipula and Kela villages in the lower Shire valley Malawi, between January 2002 and January 2003
From: Entomological indices of malaria transmission in Chikhwawa district, Southern Malawi
| Â | Total | Chipula village | Kela village | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. tested | No. positive | Sporozoite rate (95% CI) | No. tested | No. positive | Sporozoite rate (95% CI) | ||
An. arabiensis | 2315 | 792 | 35 | 4.4 (2.9 – 5.8) | 1523 | 39 | 2.6 (1.8 – 3.4) |
An. gambiae s.s. | 718 | 219 | 27 | 12.3 (10.2–4.4) | 499 | 49 | 9.8 (8.2–11.5) |
An. funestus | 925 | 411 | 21 | 5.1 (0.8 – 9.5) | 514 | 21 | 4.1 (1.5 – 6.7) |
Total | 3958 | 1422 | 83 | 5.8 (4.6-7.0) | 2536 | 109 | 4.3 (3.5 – 5.1) |