Table 3 Anopheles mosquito infection rates in Lare and Asendabo, southwestern Ethiopia.

Study site	Mosquito species	# of mosquito tested for CSP	Pf positive n (%)	Pv-247 positive n (%)	Pv-210 positive n (%)	Total sporozoite positive n (%)
Lare	An. funestus	305	6 (1.96)	16 (5.24)	0	22 (7.21)
	An. gambiae s.l*	55 pools (n = 275)	1(0.36)	0	0	1(0.36)
	An. pharoensis**	229 pools (n = 2,288)	0	0	0	0
	An. coustani**	102 pools (n = 1,024)	0	1(0.09)	0	1(0.09)
	Total	3,892	7 (0.18)	17 (0.44)	0	24 (0.62)
Asendabo	An. gambiae s.l*	87 pools (n = 434)	12 (2.76)	2 (0.46)	0	14 (3.22)
	An. pharoensis**	19 pools (n = 190)	0	1 (0.52)	1(0.52)	1 (1.05)^a
	An. coustani**	42 pools (n = 420)	0	1(0.24)	0	1 (0.24)
	Total	1,044	12 (1.15)	4 (0.38)	1(0.09)	16 (1.63)
Total		4,936	19 (0.38)	21 (0.43)	1(0.02)	40 (0.81)

^Key:^aThe same sample pool of An. pharoensis was positive for both Pv-247 and Pv-210.
* Pools of five heads and thoraces of An gambiae s.l./tube were homogenized for CSP test.
** Pools of ten heads and thoraces for both An. pharoensis and An. coustani/tube were separately homogenized for CSP test.

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