Table 5 Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite rates of outdoor host-seeking Anopheles mosquitoes collected by different trapping methods in Ahero and Iguhu, western Kenya
Study site and species | Parameters | Experiment 1 | Experiment 2 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HBLT | Light trap | HBLT | HDNT | |||
Ahero | ||||||
 An. arabiensis | No tested | 201 | 149 | 651 | 1929 | 2930 |
Pf +ve (%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.15) | 3 (0.16) | 4 (0.14) | |
 An. funestus s.l. | No tested | 99 | 47 | 136 | 287 | 570 |
Pf +ve (%) | 2 (2.0) | 1 (2.1) | 3 (2.2) | 7 (2.4) | 13 (2.3) | |
 An. pharoensis | No tested | 168 | 146 | 305 | 416 | 1035 |
Pf +ve (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 An. coustani | No tested | 193 | 150 | 125 | 270 | 738 |
Pf +ve (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Iguhu | ||||||
 An. gambiae s.s. | No tested | 12 | 6 | 53 | 69 | 140 |
Pf +ve (%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.9) | 2 (2.9) | 3 (2.1) | |
 An. funestus s.l. | No tested | 9 | 6 | 20 | 33 | 68 |
Pf +ve (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3.0) | 1 (1.5) | |
 An. arabiensis | No tested | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 26 |
Pf +ve (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 An. pharoensis | No tested | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Pf +ve (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 An. coustani | No tested | 4 | 1 | 22 | 38 | 65 |
Pf +ve (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |