Table 3 Prevalence of genus Plasmodium and species of Plasmodium in vector population of the study areas.

From: Exploring mosquito abundance and Plasmodium infection through nested-PCR: implications for disease surveillance and control

Study area

gDNA pools screened

Plasmodium positive pools (%)

P. vivax positive pools (%)

P. falciparum positive pools (%)

Mandi Bahauddin

63

32 (50.8)

24 (75)

8 (25)

Jhang

52

17 (32.7)

15 (88.2)

2 (11.8)

Multan

40

15 (37.5)

11 (73.3)

4 (26.6)

Total

155

64 (41.3)

50 (78.1)

14 (21.9)

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