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Table 4 Vivax malaria positive Anopheles mosquitoes, by species, and total number collected by black-light traps and number of vivax malaria patients at nine ROK Army installations located near the DMZ, Paju and Yeoncheon counties, Gyeonggi Province, ROK, from May–October, 2011

From: Distribution of malaria vectors and incidence of vivax malaria at Korean army installations near the demilitarized zone, Republic of Korea

Species

Number of Anopheles spp. positive for P. vivax sporozoites/total umber (MFIR)a

Total positive/(%)

Site Ab

Site Bc

Site Cd

<2 km (6)e

11–12 km (3)

<2 km (4)

11–12 km (3)

<2 km (4)

11–12 km (1)

Anopheles lesteri

1/5 (20.0)e

0/7 (0.0)

4/56 (7.1)

0/10 (0.0)

1/4 (25.0)

0 (0.0)

6/82 (7.3)

An. sineroides

3/72 (4.2)

0/23 (0.0)

1/33 (3.0)

1/31 (3.2)

1/20 (5.0)

0/1 (0.0)

6/180 (3.3)

An. belenrae

3/35 (8.6)

0/5 (0.0)

7/115 (6.1)

1/25 (4.0)

1/8 (12.5)

0/4 (0.0)

12/192 (6.3)

An. sinensis

0/31 (0.0)

0/29 (0.0)

1/17 (5.9)

8/35 (22.9)

0/0 (0.0)

0/2 (0.0)

13/114 (11.4)

An. pullus

10/199 (5.0)

3/56 (5.4)

8/196 (4.1)

12/166 (7.2)

2/54 (3.7)

6/68 (8.8)

44/739 (6.0)

An. kleini

45/910 (4.9)

43/476 (9.1)

31/483 (6.4)

8/100 (8.0)

39/957 (4.1)

4/49 (8.2)

163/2975 (5.5)

Total

62/1252 (5.0)

46/596 (7.7)

52/900 (5.8)

30/367 (8.2)

44/1043 (4.2)

10/124 (8.1)

244/4282 (5.7)

  1. aNumber of vivax malaria patients reported for ROKA installations located <2 km (1 for each area) and 11–12 km (2 for each area)
  2. bROKA installations in central Paju County, Gyeonggi Province
  3. cROKA installations in northern Paju County, Gyeonggi Province
  4. dROKA installations in central Yeoncheon county, Gyeonggi Province
  5. eMFIR, Number of Anopheles sp. positive for P. vivax sporozoites/total number Anopheles sp. collected (percent positive)