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Table 1 Composition and abundance of mosquitoes by species and study health district

From: Role of Anopheles (Cellia) rufipes (Gough, 1910) and other local anophelines in human malaria transmission in the northern savannah of Cameroon: a cross-sectional survey

Species

Garoua

Pitoa

Mayo Oulo

Total

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

Anopheles spp.

  An. gambiae (s.l.)

14.7 (5,138)

22.7 (7,774)

17.0 (1,946)

18.4 (14,858)

  An. rufipes

0.7 (234)

2.1 (722)

10.6 (1,213)

2.7 (2,169)

  An. pharoensis

2.8 (965)

2.0 (699)

1.2 (138)

2.2 (1,802)

  An. funestus

1.4 (496)

1.7 (591)

1.5 (172)

1.6 (1,259)

  An. paludis

0.8 (270)

1.0 (357)

0.3 (32)

0.8 (659)

 Other Anopheles spp.

0.1 (29)

1.4 (479)

2.8 (316)

1.0 (824)

Total 1

20.4 (7,132)

31.0 (10,622)

33.4 (3,817)

26.7 (21,571)

Culicines

  Culex spp.

74.5 (26,111)

50.0 (17,111)

57.3 (6,554)

61.7 (49,776)

  Mansonia spp.

4.6 (1,618)

18.8 (6,434)

7.8 (886)

11.1 (8,938)

  Aedes spp.

0.1 (20)

0.1 (49)

1.5 (171)

0.3 (240)

  Coquillettidia spp.

0.4 (156)

0.0 (7)

0.0 (1)

0.2 (164)

Total 2

79.6 (27,905)

69.0 (23,601)

66.6 (7,612)

73.3 (59,118)

Total 1 + 2

100 (35,037)

100 (34,223)

100 (11,429)

100 (80,689)

  1. Abbreviation: n number collected