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Table 3 Malaria positivity and sporozoite rate by ELISA antigen, anopheline species, and survey period

From: Hyperendemic malaria transmission in areas of occupation-related travel in the Peruvian Amazon

Ā 

Number of positives (sporozoite rate, %)

Ā 

Survey period / Species

P. vivax VK210

P. vivax VK247

P. falciparum

Total number tested

April 2008:

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒAn. darlingi

21 (0.521)

9 (0.223)

6 (0.149)

4034

ā€ƒAn. mediopunctatus

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

2

ā€ƒAn. kompi

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0

ā€ƒAn. nuneztovari

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0

ā€ƒAn. oswaldoi

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

4

ā€ƒAn. peryassui

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0

ā€ƒAn. shannoni

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0

ā€ƒUnidentified

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

9

ā€ƒTotal

21 (0.519)

9 (0.222)

6 (0.148)

4049

July-August 2008:

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒAn. darlingi

0 (0.000)

1 (0.103)

1 (0.103)

967

ā€ƒAn. mediopunctatus

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

7

ā€ƒAn. kompi

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0

ā€ƒAn. nuneztovari

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

1

ā€ƒAn. oswaldoi

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

16

ā€ƒAn. peryassui

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

3

ā€ƒAn. shannoni

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0

ā€ƒUnidentified

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

5

ā€ƒTotal

0 (0.000)

1 (0.100)

1 (0.100)

999

January-February 2009:

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒAn. darlingi

36 (1.116)

32 (0.992)

12 (0.372)

3227

ā€ƒAn. mediopunctatus

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

1 (6.250)

16

ā€ƒAn. kompi

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

1

ā€ƒAn. nuneztovari

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

1

ā€ƒAn. oswaldoi

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

20

ā€ƒAn. peryassui

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0

ā€ƒAn. shannoni

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

0 (0.000)

1

ā€ƒUnidentified

1 (3.125)

0 (0.000)

1 (3.125)

32

ā€ƒTotal

37 (1.122)

32 (0.970)

14 (0.424)

3298

  1. Mosquitoes collected along the Mazan River were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) for P. vivax VK210, P. vivax VK247, and P. falciparum. Sporozoite rates (percentage of CSP positive mosquitoes) were calculated using the resulting number of positives.