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Table 2 Vector species composition before and after vector control

From: Impact of vector control interventions on malaria transmission intensity, outdoor vector biting rates and Anopheles mosquito species composition in Tororo, Uganda

Intervention period

Species composition by morphology (n)

Number tested by PCR

Species composition by PCR (n)

Estimated proportion by morphology and PCR

Pre-intervention

An. gambiae s.l. (1725)

103

An. gambiae s.s.(79)

An. gambiae s.s.

70.5%

An. arabiensis (24)

An. arabiensis

21.4%

An. funestus (70)

N/A

An. funestus

3.7%

Other Anopheles species (83)

Other Anopheles species

4.4%

Post-intervention

An. gambiae s.l. (194)

194

An. gambiae s.s.(1)

An. gambiae s.s.

0.4%

An. arabiensis (193)

An. arabiensis

79.4%

An. funestus (0)

N/A

An. funestus

0%

Other Anopheles species (49)

Other Anopheles species

20.2%