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Table 3 Total Anopheles spp., Culex spp., Mansonia spp. and Aedes spp. collected using CDC-BP and Prokopack aspirators

From: Comparison of the CDC Backpack aspirator and the Prokopack aspirator for sampling indoor- and outdoor-resting mosquitoes in southern Tanzania

   

An gambiae s. l. male**

An gambiae s.l. females**

An gambiae s.s males

An gambiae s.s. females

An arabiensis males

An arabiensis females

An funestus males

An. funestus females

An coustani males

An coustani females

Culex spp males

Culex spp females

Mansonia spp males

Mansonia spp females

Aedes spp. males

Aedes spp. females

  

n

  

An. gambiae species*

          

CDC-BP

                  

   Indoors

Indoor aspiration

56

2 (0.3)

2 (0.3)

2 (0.3)

1 (0.1)

0 (0)

1 (0.1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

256 (36.5)

425 (60.5)

0 (0)

16 (2.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

   Outdoors

Large barrel

56

0 (0)

3(2.6)

0 (0)

2 (1.8)

0 (0)

1 (0.9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.9)

45 (39.5)

27 (23.7)

0 (0)

37 (32.5)

1 (0.9)

0 (0)

 

Car tyre

56

1(2.2)

0(0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

12 (26.1)

6 (13)

0 (0)

27 (58.7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

Kibanda

48

2 (0.5)

4 (1)

2 (0.5)

4 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

221 (52.6)

176 (41.9)

0 (0)

15 (3.6)

2 (0.5)

0 (0)

Subtotals

  

5 (0.4)

9 (0.7)

4 (0.3)

7 (0.5)

0 (0)

2 (0.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.1)

534 (41.7)

634 (49.5)

0 (0)

95 (7.4)

3 (0.2)

0 (0)

Prokopack

                  

   Indoors

Indoor aspiration

56

2 (0.3)

10 (1.5)

2 (0.3)

8 (1.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

197 (29.9)

441 (67)

0 (0)

8 (1.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

   Outdoors

Large barrel

56

4 (3.8)

3 (2,9)

0 (0)

3 (2.9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

46 (44.2)

33 (31.7)

1 (1)

13 (12.5)

0 (0)

1 (1)

 

Car tyre

56

0 (0)

1 (3.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (3.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

11 (35.5)

6 (19.4)

0 (0)

13 (41.9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

Kibanda

45

9 (3.1)

3 (1)

0 (0)

2 (0.7)

0 (0)

1 (0.3)

0 (0)

2 (0.7)

0 (0)

1 (0.3)

96 (32.8)

171 (58.4)

0 (0)

11 (3.8)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

Drop-net

112

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.4)

138 (53.5)

99 (38.4)

3 (1.2)

17 (6.6)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Subtotals

  

15 (1.1)

17 (1.3)

2 (0.1)

13 (1.0)

0 (0)

2 (0.1)

0 (0)

2 (0.1)

0 (0)

2 (0.1)

488 (36.4)

750 (55.9)

4 (0.3)

62 (4.6)

0 (0)

1 (0.1)

Totals

 

46 (1.8)

26 (1)

4 (0.2)

2 (0.1)

3 (0.1)

2406 (91.8)

161 (6.1)

4 (0.2)

  1. * species composition: 87% Anopheles gambiae s.s and 13% Anopheles arabiensis. ** total amplified and non-amplified,
  2. Numbers in parentheses are percentages of total mosquitoes collected with each aspirator in each sampling site.
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