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Table 3 W. bancrofti L3 Stage Larvae 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/L3 in Head

% L3 in Head (Confidence Limits)

Mosquitoesw/L3

%infective

Masson/Mathieu

Aug-Oct

334

1

0.3 (0.01, 1.66)

4

1.20 (0.33,3.04)

Masson/Mathieu

Nov-Jan

449

2

0.45 (0.05, 1.60)

6

1.34 (0.49, 2.89)

Masson/Mathieu

Feb-April

205

0

0 (0, 1.78)

1

0.14 (0,0.82)

Mapou

Aug-Oct

379

0

0 (0, 0.97)

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

1

0.27 (0.01, 1.50)

2

0.54 (0.07,1.94)

Barrier Jeudi

Aug-Oct

328

4

1.22 (0.33, 3.09)

8

2.44 (1.06,4.75)

Barrier Jeudi

Nov-Jan

740

0

0 (0, 0.50)

0

0* (0,0.51)

Barrier Jeudi

Feb-April

902

0

0 (0, 0.40)

2

0.22 (0.03,0.80)

Leogane

Aug-Oct

2033

1

0.05 (0, 0.27)

18

0.89 (0.53,1.40)

Leogane

Nov-Jan

1385

3

0.22 (0.04, 0.63)

10

0.72 (1.00,2.40)

Leogane

Feb-April

1068

4

0.37 (0.10, 0.96)

8

0.75 (0.86,2.42)