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Table 1 Summary of anophelines caught and positively identified in Gwave (MBN = "man-baited net trap" and N = Sample size)

From: Pyrethroid resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis from Gwave, a malaria-endemic area in Zimbabwe

Collection period

Collection Method

N

An. arabiensis

An, quadriannulatus

An. merus

An. longipalpis

An. squamosus

An. coustani

February, 2006

Cattle kraal

511

422

66

12

2

6

3

 

Larval

43

36

6

1

0

0

0

 

MBN

22

12

1

9

0

0

0

January, 2008

Cattle bait

181

101

7

73

0

0

0

 

Larval

144

85

25

34

0

0

0

 

Window exit

23

23

0

0

0

0

0

Totals (%)

 

924

679(73.4)

105(11.4)

129(14.0)

2(0.2)

6(0.6)

3(0.3)