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Table 3 Plasmodium falciparum infections in mosquitoes with and without filarial worms (all stages) in Jilore and Shakahola villages

From: Concomitant infections of Plasmodium falciparum and Wuchereria bancroftion the Kenyan coast

Site

Species

Filarial infection

No. of mosquitoes

No. with sporozoite (%)

P value

Jilore

An. gambiae s.l

Non-infected

1631

115 (7.1)

 
  

Infected

103

19 (18.4)

 
 

Overall

 

1734

134 (7.7)

χ2, p < 0.001

 

An. funestus

Non-infected

54

1 (1.9)

 
  

Infected

4

0 (0.0)

 
 

Overall

 

58

1 (1.7)

FET, p = 1.000

Shakahola

An. gambiae s.l

Non-infected

161

8 (5.0)

 
  

Infected

24

3 (12.5)

 
 

Overall

 

185

11 (5.9)

FET, p = 0.157

 

An. funestus

Non-infected

2

0 (0.0)

 
  

Infected

0

0 (0.0)

 
 

Overall

 

2

0 (0.0)

 
  1. FET; Fisher's exact test