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. 2012 Nov 1;6(11):e1879. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001879

Table 1. Number of each mosquito species captured by baited and unbaited CDC light traps at two districts in Kenya.

Marigat district Ijara district
RVFV vector group L LC LCF LF L LC LCF LF
Key primary vectors
Ae. mcintoshi 5 7 8 3 20 141 ↑208 27
Ae. ochraceus 0 0 0 0 470 856 ↑1034 648
Primary vectors
Ae. sudanensis 0 0 0 0 4 18 30 4
Ae. tricholabis 0 0 0 0 85 2,794 ↑3745 251
Secondary vectors
Culex poicilipes 445 5,154 ↓3522 696 1 9 24 3
Cx. ethiopicus 0 5 7 1 0 0 1 1
Cx. bitaenorrhynchus 5 14 38 2 0 0 0 0
Cx. pipiens 49 457 ↑657 53 7 53 34 10
Cx. tigripes 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 0
Cx. univittatus 30 181 234 37 6 14 9 12
Cx. vansomereni 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0
Mansonia africana 6,223 17,521 ↑24254 6,484 0 2 0 0
Ma. uniformis 2,124 5,563 ↑7334 1,912 1 0 2 0
Non-vectors
Aedes furcifer 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Ae. hirsutus 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
Ae. metallicus 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0
Ficalbia splendens 376 368 354 265 0 0 0 0
Aedomyia furfurea 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0
An. coustani 744 1,324 ↓1315 826 1 3 2 1
An. funestus 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
An. pharoensis 27 18 51 20 0 0 0 0
An. squamosus 0 9 5 1 1 3 3 2
An. gambiae s.l. 20 45 66 46 0 0 0 0
Coquilettidia aurites 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0
Cq. metallicus 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

L, light only; LF, light+animal odor; LC, light+CO2; LCF, light+CO2+animal odor; ↑, increase in captures in LCF traps relative to LC; ↓, decrease in captures in LCF traps relative to LC.