Table 2.

Lymphatic filariasis entomology baseline (before nets, Anopheles only) in 12 sentinel villages in four selected LGAs, Nigeria^*

State	LGA	Village	No. dissected	Any larval form, % infected	Third-stage larvae in heads, % infective
Ebonyi	Ohaukwu	Orijuruafor	958	1.8	0.6
		Okpochiri	608	2.6	0.7
		Ndagu Obu	2,305	6.6	1.0
	Sub-total		3,871	4.8	0.9
	Abakaliki	Obegu Ibom	1,280	1.0	0.4
		Mgababeluzor	1,024	0.9	0.3
		Okaria Echida	600	0.5	0.2
	Sub-total		2,904	0.9	0.3
Imo	Owerri West	Mboke	542	1.3	0.0
		Umuokpo	608	0.7	0.0
		Umunjo	312	0.6	0.0
	Sub-total		1,462	0.9	0.0
	Ohaji-Egbema	Opuoma	254	0.4	0.0
		Etioha	462	0.9	0.0
		Umukene	549	0.9	0.0
	Sub-total		1,265	0.8	0.0
Total			9,502	2.4	0.5

^*LGAs = local government areas.