High Aedes spp. larval indices in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Entomological indices for Aedes spp. for the four survey sites in the rainy and dry seasons, Kinshasa 2018

		Total	Lingwala	Ndjili	Mont Ngafula	Kalamu
No. of containers inspected	Rainy/dry season	5079/1657	821/180	2550/665	1164/634	544/178
Container index (%)^a	Rainy season	14.98	17.90	7.84	28.18	15.81
Container index (%)^a	Dry season	10.02	21.67	4.51	12.30	10.67
No. of houses inspected	Rainy/dry season	1678/1598	400/399	479/399	399/400	400/400
Breteau index (no. positive containers/100 houses)^b	Rainy season	45.35	36.75	41.75	82.21	21.50
Breteau index (no. positive containers/100 houses)^b	Dry season	10.39	9.77	7.52	19.50	4.75
House index (%)^c	Rainy season	27.53	22.25	27.97	44.86	15.00
House index (%)^c	Dry season	7.63	7.02	6.52	13.25	3.75
Pupal index (no. pupae/100 houses)^d	Rainy season	128.00	90.00	126.00	246.00	50.00
Pupal index (no. pupae/100 houses)^d	Dry season	15.00	13.00	9.00	20.00	19.00

^aNumber of containers positive for immature stages of Aedes spp. per 100 inspected containers
^bNumber of containers positive for immature stages of Aedes spp. per 100 inspected houses
^cNumber of houses positive for at least one container with immature stages of Aedes spp. per 100 inspected houses
^dNumber of Aedes spp. pupae per 100 inspected houses

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