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Table 3 Filarial mosquito vectors caught and analyzed for infection and or/infectivity with W. bancrofti using microscopy and qPCR

From: Lymphatic filariasis transmission in Rufiji District, southeastern Tanzania: infection status of the human population and mosquito vectors after twelve rounds of mass drug administration

Collection method

Vector collected

Parous vectors

Method of analysis

No. analyzed

No. infected (%)

No. infective (%)

Light trap

1123a

558b

Microscopy

558

0 (0)

0 (0)

Gravid trap

5460

–

qPCR

1092c

5 (0.1)d

0 (0)

  1. aFilarial vector composition: Anopheles gambiae complex (n = 69) and Culex quinquefasciatus (n = 1054)
  2. bParous vectors: An. gambiae complex (n = 45) and Cx. quinquefasciatus (n = 513)
  3. cPools of 5 Cx. quinquefasciatus each
  4. dInfection rate (Pool Screen V2.0.2; Likelihood ratio method; 95% CI: 0.03–0.22%)