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Table 1 Spatially unique survey sites reporting Anopheles species presence in Kenya by survey date, location and methods of sampling and detection.

From: Distribution of the main malaria vectors in Kenya

Species

An. gambiae

An. arabiensis

An. merus

An. funestus

An. pharoensis

An. nili

Survey period

      

1990 - 1994

7

7

2

29

9

9

1995 - 1999

50

34

20

27

1

0

2000 - 2004

46

42

4

81

3

0

2005 - 2009

41

143

1

94

20

1

Province

      

Central

1

26

0

14

4

1

Coast

39

35

27

89

14

9

Eastern

2

7

0

3

1

0

Nairobi

0

9

0

0

0

0

North Eastern

0

0

0

0

0

0

Nyanza

78

127

0

111

18

0

Rift Valley

16

29

0

28

0

0

Western

17

11

0

20

0

0

Site Type

      

Urban

20

26

5

23

1

1

Rural

133

218

22

242

36

9

Transmission intensity

      

High Pf PR2-10 > = 40%

49

68

0

54

4

0

Moderate Pf PR2-10 5-39%

25

53

0

24

13

0

Low Pf PR2-10 0.1< 5%

74

73

27

164

15

9

Very low Pf PR2-10 < 0.1%

5

50

0

23

5

1

Collection method

      

Adults

120

110

22

179

16

10

Larvae

26

124

2

50

17

0

Adults & Larvae

7

10

3

36

4

0

Identification method

      

Morphology only

17

14

1

139

17

10

Polymerase chain reaction

136

224

26

121

20

0

Chromosome banding sequences

4

6

2

8

0

0

DNA probe method

0

6

0

5

0

0

Total

153

244

27

265

37

10