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Table 3 Mosquito catches by trap type, species and abdominal status

From: Testing a method of sampling for entomological determination of transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti to inform lymphatic filariasis treatment strategy in urban settings

Species

Characteristic

PSC

n (%)

Exit trap

n (%)

Gravid trap

n (%)

All traps

n (%)

 

No. of trapping events

614

4420

393

5427

No. of null trapping events

251 (41)

2273 (51)

22 (6)

2546 (47)

No. of mosquitoes

2126 (6)

9235 (25)

25,519 (69)

36,880 (100)

Unfed

237(11)

4908 (53)

3236 (13)

8381 (23)

Fed

1226 (58)

1366 (15)

246 (1)

2838 (8)

Gravid

321 (15)

2103 (23)

21,433 (84)

23,857 (65)

Semi-gravid

342 (16)

858 (9)

604 (2)

1804 (5)

Mean catch

3.5

2.1

64.9

6.8

Anopheles

1.0

0.5

0.1

0.52

Culex

2.4

1.6

64.8

6.26

Anopheles (7.8%)

Total

626 (22)

2156 (77)

36 (1)

2818 (100)

Unfed

91

15

1044

48

21

58

1156

41

Fed

363

58

538

25

4

11

905

32

Gravid

95

15

363

17

9

25

467

17

Semi-gravid

77

12

211

10

2

6

290

10

Culex (92.0%)

Total

1499 (4)

7019 (21)

25,460 (75)

33,978 (100)

Unfed

146

10

3829

55

3205

13

7180

21

Fed

863

58

814

12

236

1

1913

6

Gravid

225

15

1729

25

21,417

84

23,371

69

Semi-gravid

265

18

647

9

602

2

1514

4

Aedes (0.1%)

Total

0 (0)

23 (62)

14 (38)

37 (100)

Unfed

0

0

16

70

9

64

25

68

Fed

0

0

4

17

5

36

9

24

Gravid

0

0

3

13

0

0

3

8

Semi-gravid

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Mansonia (0.1%)

Total

1 (2)

37 (79)

9 (19)

47 (100)

Unfed

0

0

19

51

1

11

20

43

Fed

0

0

10

27

1

11

11

23

Gravid

1

100

8

22

7

78

16

34

Semi-gravid

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0