Table 2.
Distribution of filarial parasites among mosquito genera performed by multiplex PCR in different Assiut localities and estimated rate of infection (ERI)
| Locality | Mosquito vector | No. of Pools |
W. Bancrofti |
D. immitis |
D. repens |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of positive pools | ERI (%) | No. of positive pools | ERI (%) | No. of positive pools | ERI (%) | |||
| El Nikhila | Culex sp. | 10 | 3 | 1.42 | 2 | 0.89 | 1 | 0.42 |
| Anopheles sp. | 5 | 1 | 0.89 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Aedes sp. | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.89 | |
| El Matiaa | Culex sp. | 10 | 2 | 0.89 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Anopheles sp. | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.89 | |
| Aedes sp. | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Sahel Seleem | Culex sp. | 10 | 2 | 0.89 | 1 | 0.42 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Anopheles sp. | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Aedes sp. | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |