Table 2.
Infection rates of human landing Anopheles mosquitoes with Wuchereria bancrofti as determined by dissection and PCR pool-screening.
| District/Collection Site | Total No. mosquitoes | Dissections | Pool screen PCR | |||||
| No. dissected | No. infected | Infection rate/1000 mosquiotes (CI 95%) | No. examined | Pool size (No. of Pools) | Positive Pools | Infection rate * (CI 95%) | ||
| Axim District/ | ||||||||
| Kikam | 298 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 30 (6) | 0 | 0 |
| Ampain | 550 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 280 | 40 (7) | 0 | 0 |
| Azulelonu | 1080 | 630 | 9 | 14.29 (6.6 – 26.9) | 450 | 30 (15) | 5 | 13.4(4.2 – 31.4) |
| Ankobra | 910 | 550 | 11 | 20.00 (10.0 – 35.5) | 360 | 40 (9) | 5 | 20.1(5.9 – 48.5) |
| KEEA District/ | ||||||||
| Moree | 972 | 472 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 50 (10) | 0 | 0 |
| Brebia | 856 | 416 | 0 | 0 | 440 | 40 (11) | 0 | 0 |
| Abakrampa | 1036 | 586 | 0 | 0 | 550 | 50 (11) | 0 | 0 |
* Katholi et al (1995)