Malaria Journal

Table 2 Overview of the Plasmodium infected mosquitoes as detected by ELISA and confirmed by PCR.

From: Malaria transmission and vector behaviour in a forested malaria focus in central Vietnam and the implications for vector control

		Number of Plasmodium sporozoite infected mosquitoes (number tested)
Collection place	Anopheles species (morphological identification)	P. falciparum	P. vivax 210	P. vivax 247
Forest	An. dirus ¹	6 (642)	2 (642)	2 (485)
	An. maculatus s.l.²	0 (3454)	0 (3454)	2 (1826)
	An. minimus s.l.³	1 (264)	0 (264)	0 (166)
	An. pampanai ⁴	0 (23)	0 (23)	1 (23)
Way	An. dirus ¹	2 (151)	0 (151)	0 (103)
	An. maculatus s.l.	0 (618)	0 (618)	0 (524)
	An. minimus s.l.	0 (204)	0 (204)	0 (144)
	An. pampanai	0 (37)	0 (37)	0 (37)
Village	An. dirus s.l.	0 (71)	0 (71)	0 (43)
	An. maculatus s.l.	0 (1009)	0 (1009)	0 (650)
	An. minimus s.l.	0 (62)	0 (62)	0 (41)
	An. pampanai	0 (5)	0 (5)	0 (5)

¹All ELISA positive specimens were molecular identified as An. dirus s.s.
²All ELISA positive specimens were molecular identified as An. sawadwongporni
³The ELISA positive specimen was molecular identified as An. minimus s.s.
⁴The identification of the ELISA positive specimen was molecular confirmed as An. pampanai

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