Table 1

Summary of March – June 2000 collections with examinations of An. gambiae s.l. females for reproductive status, blood meal and sporozoite indices


Collection type:

Spray
(Rooms)
Search
(Rooms)
Light trap
(Rooms)
Light trap
(Wells)
Light trap
(Animal
shelters)
Light trap
(Grain
stores)

No. of collections
300
560
235
101
54
11
No. of An. gambiae
s.l. females
1125
248
652
50
46
20
An. gambiae
s.l. females per collection
3.75
0.44
2.77
0.49
0.85
1.82
Proportion parous
(%)
93
95
93
88
88
100
Proportion gravid
(%)
12
10
23
4
6
5
Proportion with
blood meal (%)
83
82
27
22
20
25
No. positive for
sporozoites
0/1104
0/229
0/332
0/15
0/17
0/12

Jawara et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:156   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-156

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