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Table 4 Entomological indices of the various mosquito species that were caught during the study

From: Implications of low-density microfilariae carriers in Anopheles transmission areas: molecular forms of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus populations in perspective

Mosquito species

Entomological indices (%)

Biting ratea

Infection rateb

Infectivity ratec

Intensity of infectiond

Survival ratee

Vector efficiencyf

An. gambiae

6.4

0.13

0

0

0.50

0

An. funestus

62.0

0.03

0

0

0.47

0

An. pharoensis

1.6

0

0

0

1.0

0

Culex sp

0.8

0

0

0

0

0

Aedes sp

5.6

0

0

0

5.0

0

Mansonia sp

36.4

0.07

0

0

0.12

0

  1. aNumber of mosquitoes caught/ number of collectors x number of captures (bites/ person/ night); bNumber of mosquitoes infected/ number of mosquitoes dissected; cL3 in the head and proboscis/ number of surviving mosquitoes; dNumber of mosquitoes with L3 in the head and proboscis/ number of mosquitoes with L3; eNumber of surviving mosquitoes at the end of study/ number of engorged mosquitoes. fNumber of L3 x 100/ number of mf ingested among dissected mosquitoes [1921].