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Table 4 Sporozoite positive mosquitoes

From: Host attraction and biting behaviour of Anopheles mosquitoes in South Halmahera, Indonesia

Molecular species ID

Host-baited tent

Blood meal ID

Positive/total

Sporozoite rate (%)

An. indefinitus

Goat

Goat

1/28

3.57

An. kochi

Goat

Unfed

6/67

8.95

Cow

Cow

Cow

Cow

Cow

Cow

Cow

Cow

Goat

Unfed

An. vagus

Goat

Cow + goat

1/206

0.49

An. vanus

Human

Unfed

1/10

10.0

  1. Nine mosquito specimens of 336 analysed by CS ELISA and PCR for sporozoite antigens were found positive for Plasmodium vivax. None of the nine positive specimens were discordant between morphological and molecular identification