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Table 2 Relative abundance of anopheline larvae collected from different habitat types and the proportion of aquatic habitats positive for Anopheline larvae

From: Dry season ecology of Anopheles gambiae complex mosquitoes at larval habitats in two traditionally semi-arid villages in Baringo, Kenya

Village

Habitat type

No. of habitats

No. of samples taken

Percentage positive Anopheline larvae

Counts of early instars/10 dips

Counts of late instars/10 dips

Kamarimar

Concrete Tank

2

36

25

24

27

 

Hoof print

1

4

0

0

0

 

Marsh

3

27

51.85

100

26

 

Canal

6

280

37.09

247

166

 

Tyre tracks

1

3

0

0

0

 

Stream beds

1

13

0

0

0

 

Total/mean

14

363

 

371

219

Tirion

Concrete tank

1

7

57.14

7

0

 

Culvert

1

33

43.75

80

36

 

Ditch

2

53

60.38

310

126

 

Marsh

1

27

51.85

106

13

 

Canal

3

150

1.99

7

0

 

Pandam

3

119

40.34

490

119

 

Total/mean

11

389

 

1000

294