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Table 2 Wuchereria bancrofti larvae in infected mosquitoes collected during field-collection 2 in November 2003

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

Collection sites

Infected Ap *

L1 larvae **

L2 larvae **

L3 larvae **

Afareaitu

18/216

8 % [5–12]

49

2.6 ± 5.8

6

0.3 ± 0.9

36

1.9 ± 2.9

Haumi

3/179

2 % [0–4]

2

0.7 ± 1.1

0

0

13

4.3 ± 6.7

Maatea

6/478

1 % [0–2]

2

0.3 ± 0.8

0

0

15

2.5 ± 2.5

Teavaro

2/67

3% [0–7]

0

0

4

2 ± 2.8

15

2.5 ± 2.4

Vaiare

5/81

6 % [1–11]

13

2.6 ± 2.9

1

0.2 ± 0.4

6

1.2 ± 2.7

Total area

34/1021

3% [2–4]

66

1.9 ± -4.5

11

0.3 ± 1

85

2.4 ± 3.8

  1. * : number of infected mosquitoes over number of dissected mosquitoes and percent infection rates.
  2. ** : total number of larvae found and mean number of larvae per mosquito