Anopheles subpictus carry human malaria parasites in an urban area of Western India and may facilitate perennial malaria transmission

Table 2 Detection of Plasmodium species in Anopheles subpictus and in Anopheles stephensi

Vector species	No. Plasmodium +ve/assayed	Parts of mosquito tested	Number tested	Only Pv	Only Pf	Pv + Pf	Total positive	Infection/infectivity rate (%)
An. subpictus	14/501	Whole	25	0	0	1	1	2.8^b
		Abdomen	476	1	6	5 (2^a)	12 (2^a)	2.8^b
		Head	476	1	0	2^a	3 (2^a)	0.6^c
An. stephensi	7/334	Whole	56	3	0	1	4	2.1^b
		Abdomen	278	0	2 (1^a)	1^a	3 (2^a)	2.1^b
		Head	278	0	1^a	1^a	2^a	0.6^c

Pv P. vivax; Pf P. falciparum
^aIndicates same mosquito tested positive for both head and abdomen hence counted once
^bIndicates infection rate
^cIndicates infectivity rate

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