Table 4.
Entomological indices of the various mosquito species that were caught during the study
| Mosquito species |
Entomological indices (%) |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biting rate a | Infection rate b | Infectivity rate c | Intensity of infection d | Survival rate e | Vector efficiency f | |
|
An. gambiae |
6.4 |
0.13 |
0 |
0 |
0.50 |
0 |
|
An. funestus |
62.0 |
0.03 |
0 |
0 |
0.47 |
0 |
|
An. pharoensis |
1.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.0 |
0 |
|
Culex sp |
0.8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Aedes sp |
5.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5.0 |
0 |
| Mansonia sp | 36.4 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0.12 | 0 |
aNumber of mosquitoes caught/ number of collectors x number of captures (bites/ person/ night); bNumber of mosquitoes infected/ number of mosquitoes dissected; cL3 in the head and proboscis/ number of surviving mosquitoes; dNumber of mosquitoes with L3 in the head and proboscis/ number of mosquitoes with L3; eNumber of surviving mosquitoes at the end of study/ number of engorged mosquitoes. fNumber of L3 x 100/ number of mf ingested among dissected mosquitoes [19-21].