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Table 1 PCR testing for sibling species of the Anopheles funestus group and detection of Plasmodium falciparum and Wuchereria bancrofti infection

From: Sibling species of the Anopheles funestus group, and their infection with malaria and lymphatic filarial parasites, in archived and newly collected specimens from northeastern Tanzania

Collection village

Sampling period

No. included in test

PCR test for

No. positive PCR test#

No. (%) positive PCR tests according to sibling species

An. funestus ss

An. parensis

An. rivulorum

An. leesoni

Kirare

2005-2007*

181

Sibling species

162

161 (99.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.6)

   

P. falciparum

0

0 (0.0)

-

-

0 (0.0)

   

W. bancrofti

24

24 (14.9)

-

-

0 (0.0)

Kirare

2008-2012*

276

Sibling species

259

240 (92.7)

13 (5.0)

4 (1.6)

2 (0.8)

P. falciparum

0

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

W. bancrofti

18

15 (6.3)

1 (7.7)

1 (25.0)

1 (50.0)

Zeneti

2014**

460

Sibling species

459

428 (93.2)

13 (2.8)

13 (2.8)

5 (1.1)

P. falciparum

42

42 (9.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

W. bancrofti

3

3 (0.7)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Kwakibuyu

2014**

116

Sibling species

116

111 (95.7)

2 (1.7)

2 (1.7)

1 (0.9)

P. falciparum

6

6 (5.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

W. bancrofti

0

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  1. *) Archived specimens.
  2. **) Newly collected specimens.
  3. #) Only those identified to sibling species were tested for infection.