Table 5 Capture and dissection of Simulium squamosum from different drainage basins
Drainage basin | Manyu | Mungo | Meme | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Entomological indices | Kajifu | Babong | Bolo | Bakumba | Big Massaka | Bombele | Marumba I |
Females captured | 4051 | 5683 | 2106 | 4068 | 1917 | 3119 | 1015 |
Daily biting rate | 1012.8 | 1623.7 | 421.2 | 813.6 | 383.4 | 623.8 | 203 |
Monthly biting rate | 30382.5 | 48711.4 | 12636 | 24408 | 11502 | 18714 | 6090 |
Females dissected | 4051 | 4040 | 2106 | 3961 | 1862 | 3119 | 1015 |
Parous females | 428 | 519 | 588 | 1058 | 767 | 908 | 493 |
Infected females (L1,L2,L3) | 57 | 19 | 49 | 114 | 112 | 117 | 21 |
% infected females | 13.3 | 3.7 | 8.3 | 10.8 | 14.6 | 12.9 | 4.3 |
Females with L3 in head | 12 | 9 | 16 | 64 | 49 | 48 | 10 |
% infective females | 2.8 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 2.0 |
L3/infective female | 3.2 | 2.88 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 1.5 |
L3 in head/1000 parous | 88.8 | 60.7 | 79.9 | 190.9 | 271.2 | 207 | 30.4 |
MTP | 285 | 313.5 | 282 | 1180.1 | 1211.7 | 1128 | 90 |