Anopheles gambiae (s.l.) is found where few are looking: assessing mosquito diversity and density outside inhabited areas using diverse sampling methods

Table 1 The number of adult mosquitoes collected in total and within each prospection area as a function of the method used

Area	Method	An. gambiae (s.l.)		Other Anopheles		Culex spp.		Aedes spp.		Mansonia spp.
Area	Method	Sep	Oct	Sep	Oct	Sep	Oct	Sep	Oct	Sep	Oct
CP 1	HLC^a	326	25	78	15	3	5	75	9	20	34
	CDC^a	4	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0
	SWN^b	17	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
	ASP	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
			(5; 15)
CP 2	HLC^a	280	44	36	10	4	0	25	19	16	62
	CDC^a	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	1
	SWN^b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	ASP	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
			(8;1)
CP 3	HLC^a	144	18	22	11	5	3	50	28	1	28
	CDC^a	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
	SWN^b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	ASP	73	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
		(37; 36)	(19; 11)
CP 4	HLC^a	86	8	28	1	1	2	40	112	0	1
	CDC^a	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0
	SWN^b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	ASP	199	40	3	20	8	3	0	0	0	0
		(123; 76)	(12; 28)
CP 5	HLC^a	206	25	30	14	4	1	58	19	17	7
	CDC^a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	SWN^b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	ASP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	HLC^a	1,042	120	194	51	17	11	248	187	54	132
	CDC^a	7	1	1	2	11	4	1	2	2	1
	SWN^b	17	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
	ASP	272	120	3	22	8	4	0	0	0	0
		(160; 112)	(44; 55)

^aFemale-specific sampling method (numbers represent only female mosquitoes)
^bMale-specific sampling method (numbers represent only male mosquitoes)
Notes: Numbers in parentheses indicate respectively the specific number of female and male mosquitoes caught. Mosquitoes other than Anopheles gambiae (s.l.) were not recorded by sex (so the numbers indicated represent addition of both male and female caught)
Abbreviations: Sep, September 2015; Oct, October 2015; CP, collection point; ASP, aspiration sampling of mosquito resting sites with backpack aspirator; HLC, human landing catches; CDC, CDC light trap sampling; SWN, sweep netting sampling of swarms

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