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Table 2 W. bancrofti Larval Recoveries in Dissected Mosquitoes Before and After Treatment

From: PCR and Mosquito dissection as tools to monitor filarial infection levels following mass treatment

Locale

Time Interval

#Dissected

Mosquitoes w/larvae

%infected1

Mosquitoes w/L3

%infective

Masson/ Mathieu

Aug-Oct

334

7

2.1 (0.85,4.27)

4

1.20 (0.33,3.04)

Masson/ Mathieu

Nov-Jan

449

7

1.56 (0.63,3.19)

6

1.34 (0.49, 2.89)

Masson/ Mathieu

Feb-April

674

5

0.74 (0.24,1.72)

1

0.14 (0,0.82)

Mapou

Aug-Oct

379

2

0.53 (0.06,1.89)

1

0.26 (0.01,1.46)

Mapou

Nov-Jan

815

0

0 (0,0.45)

0

0 (0,0.45)

Mapou

Feb-April

370

2

0.54 (0.07,1.94)

2

0.54 (0.07,1.94)

Barrier Jeudi

Aug-Oct

328

12

3.66 (1.90, 6.30)

8

2.44 (1.06,4.75)

Barrier Jeudi

Nov-Jan

722

5

0.69** (0.23,1.61)

0

0* (0,0.51)

Barrier Jeudi

Feb-April

902

5

0.55* (0.16,1.17)

2

0.22 (0.03,0.80)

Leogane

Aug-Oct

2033

52

2.56 (1.92,3.34)

18

0.89 (0.53,1.40)

Leogane

Nov-Jan

1385

22

1.59 (1.00,2.40)

10

0.72 (1.00,2.40)

Leogane

Feb-April

1068

16

1.50* (0.86,2.42)

8

0.75 (0.86,2.42)

  1. 1Prevalence (95% confidence interval) * = P < 0.05 ** = P < 0.01 Compared to Baseline