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Table 5 Rift valley fever and other arboviral vector species distribution in all larval habitats

From: Larval species diversity, seasonal occurrence and larval habitat preference of mosquitoes transmitting Rift Valley fever and malaria in Baringo County, Kenya

Habitat type

No. of samples

Total no. of vectors

No. of Mansonia

spp. (mean)

No. of Cx. quinquefasciatus (mean)

No. of Cx. pipiens (mean)

No. of Cx. univittatus (mean)

No. of Ae. aegypti (mean)

No. of Ae. africanus (mean)

Concrete tank

7

1140

0 (0)

38 (5.4)

7 (1.0)

4 (0.6)

1091 (155.9)

0 (0.0)

Dam edge

25

125

0 (0)

93 (3.7)

32 (1.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Ditch

54

199

0 (0)

164 (3.0)

35 (0.6)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Lake margin

63

597

0 (0)

526 (8.3)

61 (1.0)

2 (0)

0 (0)

8 (0.1)

River-bed

81

638

5 (0.1)

325 (4.0)

308 (3.8)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Swamp

35

296

4 (0.1)

269 (7.7)

23 (0.6)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Water pan

27

201

0 (0)

198 (7.3)

1 (0.0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (0.1)

Water pit

50

307

18 (0.4)

223 (4.5)

60 (1.2)

0 (0)

6 (0.1)

0 (0)

Water spring

69

715

5 (0.1)

331 (4.8)

362 (5.2)

0 (0)

12 (0.2)

5 (0.1)

Total

 

4212

32

2167

889

6

1103

15