Implementing a community vector collection strategy using xenomonitoring for the endgame of lymphatic filariasis elimination

Table 1 Mosquito collection for validation by CVCs and research team in the northern and southern communities, Ghana

Personnel	Dry/Rainy season	North/South	Sampling type (HLC/PSC/WET)	An. gambiae	Culex spp.	Ma. uniformis	Ma. africana	Aedes spp.	An. pharoensis	An. coustani	Total
Research team	Dry	South	HLC	3561	198	0	25	0	0	3	3787
			PSC	82	3	0	0	0	0	0	85
			WET	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	35
	Dry	North	HLC	30	42	0	0	0	2	0	74
			PSC	48	21	0	0	0	0	5	74
			WET	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
CVCs	Dry	South	HLC	1906	302	31	0	0	0	1	2240
			PSC	38	0	0	0	0	4	0	42
			WET	46	0	0	0	0	8	0	54
	Dry	North	HLC	33	12	0	0	0	0	1	46
			PSC	236	68	0	0	0	0	0	304
			WET	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Research team	Rainy	South	HLC	1984	11	3	166	0	0	0	2164
			PSC	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	7
			WET	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
	Rainy	North	HLC	962	1075	2	0	10	7	3	2059
			PSC	376	42	0	0	0	1	1	420
			WET	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	5
CVCs	Rainy	South	HLC	1757	20	4	75	1	0	0	1857
			PSC	64	2	0	5	0	0	0	71
			WET	24	1	0	4	0	0	0	29
	Rainy	North	HLC	123	140	0	1	8	8	2	282
			PSC	186	86	0	0	0	0	0	272
			WET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Abbreviations: HLC human landing collections, PSC pyrethrum spray collections, WET window exit trap, CVCs community vector collectors
Note: The data represent the number of mosquitoes collected only during the validation period for comparison between the research team and CVCs

ISSN: 1756-3305