Table 2.

Prevalence of containers positive for Aedes polynesiensis and Ae. aegypti pupae during the dry and wet seasons in American Samoa

			Ae. aegypti			Ae. polynesiensis
	No. of containers		% Containers positive			% Containers positive
Container	Dry	Wet	Dry	Wet	P	Dry	Wet	P
Appliances	27	17	18.52	5.88	0.2546	37.04	5.88	0.0413
Buckets	117	137	11.97	5.84	0.1510	34.19	10.95	0.0006
Drums	36	37	22.22	2.70	0.0422	16.67	2.70	0.1022
Folded plastic sheets	53	0	7.55	–	–	13.21	–	–
Ice cream	45	154	6.67	3.25	0.5897	33.33	7.79	0.0003
Metal	70	9	5.71	11.11	0.3408	10.00	0.00	1.0000
Natural	80	291	1.25	0.00	0.2156	10.00	2.41	0.0124
Other	445	112	1.12	3.57	0.1144	4.94	5.36	0.9369
Plastic	310	7	2.90	0.00	1.0000	5.16	14.29	0.3625
Tin cans	123	112	4.07	0.89	0.1476	14.63	3.57	0.0089
Tires	108	148	14.81	6.08	0.0216	18.52	10.14	0.0700
All containers	1414	1024	5.23	2.93	0.0049	11.95	6.05	< 0.0001