Table 1

The percentage of correct morphologically identified mosquitoes assessed by molecular identification assays.

Morphological identified Anopheles species

Percentage of correct identification by country

Cambodia

Laos

Thailand

Vietnam

Anopheles dirus complex

92 (466)

100 (104)

100 (183)

100 (520)

Anopheles epiroticus

94 (87)

Not present

87 (124)

97 (893)

Anopheles minimus complex

61 (458)

90 (336)

68 (133)

96 (2687)

Anopheles vagus

87 (1513)

99 (297)

Not collected

100 (1713)

Number of tested specimens between brackets.

Van Bortel et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:102   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-102