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Table 4 The Prevalence of W. bancrofti in Mosquito Pools

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

Site

Timepoint*

#Mosquitoes

#pools1

Point Estimate2

Confidence Interval2

%infective

Masson/ Mathieu

Aug-Oct

409

96

0.0716

.0451, .0106

1.20 (0.33,3.04)

Masson/ Mathieu

Nov-Jan

450

86

0.0161

.0060, .0335

1.34 (0.49, 2.89)

Masson/ Mathieu

Feb-April

868

122

0.0171

.0088, .0293

0.14 (0,0.82)

Mapou

Aug-Oct

490

77

0.0329

.0175, .0552

0.26 (0.01,1.46)

Mapou

Nov-Jan

881

129

0.0104

.0044, .0201

0 (0,0.45)

Mapou

Feb-April

507

111

0.0326

.0173, .0547

0.54 (0.07,1.94)

Barrier Jeudi

Aug-Oct

456

104

0.0916

.0630, .1269

2.44 (1.06,4.75)

Barrier Jeudi

Nov-Jan

693

106

0.0089 *

.0030, .0196

0* (0,0.51)

Barrier Jeudi

Feb-April

1003

122

0.0226 *

.0219, .4722

0.22 (0.03,0.80)

Leogane

Aug-Oct

5280

394

0.0441

.0371, .0520

0.89 (0.53,1.40)

Leogane

Nov-Jan

1531

184

0.008 *

.0039, .0144

0.72 (1.00,2.40)

Leogane

Feb-April

1583

173

0.0025 *

.0006, .0065

0.75 (0.86,2.42)

  1. * 1Median Pool size = 7; 2Derived with Poolscreen 2.0 software; * Indicates a Significant Difference