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Table 1 Percentage of P. falciparum circumsporozoite antigen in An. coluzzii and An. gambiae during the dry and the rainy seasons

From: Blood feeding behaviour comparison and contribution of Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles gambiae, two sibling species living in sympatry, to malaria transmission in Alibori and Donga region, northern Benin, West Africa

Regions

Species

 

Dry season (May–Jun–Jan–Feb)

p-value

Rainy season (Jul–Aug–Oct)

p-value

Total

p-value

Alibori

An. gambiae

Thorax

54

0.426

575

0.096

629

0.55

Thorax+

5

42

47

Is (%)

9.26

7.30

7.47

IC-95% [IS %]

[3.07–20.30]

[5.31–9.75]

[5.54–9.81]

An. coluzzii

Thorax

384

649

1033

Thorax+

21

66

87

Is (%)

5.47

10.17

8.42

IC-95% [IS %]

[3.41–8.24]

[7.95–12.76]

[6.80–10.28]

Donga

An. gambiae

Thorax

247

0.002

1384

1

1631

0.59

Thorax+

12

132

144

Is (%)

4.86

9.54

8.83

IC-95% [IS %]

[2.53–8.33]

[8.04–11.21]

[7.49–10.31]

An. coluzzii

Thorax

520

369

889

Thorax+

50

35

85

Is (%)

9.62

9.49

9.56

IC-95% [IS %]

[7.22–12.48]

[6.69–12.94]

[7.7–11.69]

Alibori-Donga

An. gambiae

Thorax

301

0.252

1959

0.389

2260

0.607

Thorax+

17

174

191

Is (%)

5.65

8.88

8.45

IC-95% [IS %]

[3.32–8.89]

[7.65–10.23]

[7.33–9.67]

An. coluzzii

Thorax

904

1018

1922

Thorax+

71

101

172

Is (%)

7.85

9.92

8.94

IC-95% [IS %]

[6.18–9.80]

[8.15–11.92]

[7.71–10.31]

  1. p = p-value of comparison of CircumSporozoite (CS) antigen index for Plasmodium falciparum of An. gambiae and An. coluzzii
  2. Jun June, Jul July, Aug August, Oct October, Jan January, Feb February