Table 2 Molecular identification of Anopheles mosquitoes collected from Boreda district of Gamo zone, southwest Ethiopia (October 2019–February 2020)
Morphologically identified spp. | PCR confirmed using An. gambiae complex primers | PCR confirmed using An. funestus complex primers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# Tested | # PCR positive | PCR identified spp. | Morphologically identified spp. | # Tested | # PCR positive | PCR identified spp. | |
An. gambiae | 196 | 183 (93.4%) | An. arabiensis | An. demeilloni | 420 | 11 (2.6%) | An. leesoni |
An. salbaii | 6 | 4 (66.7%) | An. arabiensis | An. funestus | 4 | 4 (100%) | An. leesoni |
An. dancalicus | 1 | 0 | None | ||||
An. maculipalpis | 5 | 2 (40%) | An. arabiensis | ||||
An. fuscivenosus | 3 | 1(33.3%) | An. arabiensis | ||||
Total | 211 | 190 | 424 | 15 | |||