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Table 1 Field-collection data and infection rates in dissected (parous and nulliparous) mosquitoes

From: PCR and dissection as tools to monitor filarial infection of Aedes polynesiensismosquitoes in French Polynesia

Collection

sites

Collection

dates

Number

stations

% station

with Ap

Capture

rate *

Number

captured Ap

Number

dissected Ap

% parous in

dissected Ap

Infection

rate **

Afareaitu

Oct. 03

11

60%

0.2

60

60

77%

7 % [1–13]

 

Nov. 03

19

100%

1.6

890

216

94%

8 % [5–12]

 

Apr.04

19

80%

0.4

337

0

nd

nd

Haumi

Nov. 03

10

100%

2.4

724

179

97%

2 % [0–4]

Maatea

Oct. 03

10

100%

0.7

212

212

43%

3 % [1–6]

 

Nov. 03

15

100%

4.2

1899

478

97%

1 % [0–2]

 

Apr.04

15

70%

0.8

478

0

nd

nd

Teavaro

Nov. 03

9

100%

0.5

272

67

94%

3% [0–7]

Vaiare

Oct. 03

8

50%

0.1

22

22

82%

4,5% [0–13]

 

Nov. 03

13

100%

0.9

342

81

99%

6 % [1–11]

 

Apr.04

13

60%

0.3

166

0

nd

nd

  1. * capture rate is obtained by dividing the number of minutes spent in catching effort into the number of mosquitoes caught during that time
  2. ** percentage of mosquitoes carrying W. bancrofti larvae (microfilaria, L1, L2 or L3) [95% confidence interval]