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Table 1 Total number (percent) of female Anopheles mosquitoes collected, by species, and number positive for vivax malaria by PCR

From: Distribution of malaria vectors and incidence of vivax malaria at Korean army installations near the demilitarized zone, Republic of Korea

Speciesa

No. femalesb (%)c

Number positive for vivax sporozoites (MFIR)d

Anopheles kleini

2975 (69.5)

163 (5.5)

A. pullus

739 (17.3)

44 (6.0)

A. belenrae

192 (4.5)

12 (6.3)

A. sineroides

180 (4.2)

6 (3.3)

A. sinensis

114 (2.7)

13 (11.4)

A. lesteri

82 (1.9)

6 (7.3)

Total

4282

244 (5.7)

  1. aMosquitoes were collected by black-light traps at 9 ROKA installations <2 km (3) and 11–12 km (6) from the DMZ, Paju and Yeoncheon counties, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea, from May–October, 2011
  2. bTotal number of female Anopheles mosquitoes collected at nine ROKA installations
  3. cEach species/total collected
  4. d MFIR minimum field infection rates; number positive for vivax malaria sporozoites/total number collected, by species