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The goal of this study was to identify the mosquito species in a rural settlement near the Osogbo city in southwestern Nigeria, as well as their sources of blood meals and the rate at which sporozoites are formed.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods:<\/jats:title>\n \n From June to December 2021, 23 homes in the community were chosen at random to catch adult mosquitos with CDC light traps and pyrethrum spray catches (PSC). Mosquitoes were sorted using morphological criteria, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to detect the origin of the blood meal, check for the infectivity of sporozoites in the mosquitoes, and calculate the fraction of\n Anopheles gambiae s.l<\/jats:italic>\n . collected.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n Among the 318 mosquitos collected, 185 (58.18 %) were recognized as\n An. gambiae s.l<\/jats:italic>\n ., four (1.26 %) as\n Aedes aegypti<\/jats:italic>\n , 104 (32.70 %) as\n Culex quequinfasciatus<\/jats:italic>\n , and 25 (7.86 %) as\n Mansonia uniformis<\/jats:italic>\n . PCR revealed that the specimens of\n An. gambiae s.l<\/jats:italic>\n . were 96%\n An. colluzzi<\/jats:italic>\n and 4%\n An. gambiae s.s. 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