Table 1. Filarial DNA rates in Culex quinquefasciatus in 2 evaluation units (EU) in Galle district, Sri Lanka.
Galle EUs | No. of MOOH areas | Human population | No. of PHMs surveyed | No. of pools tested | No. of mosquitoes tested | No. of Positive pools(%) | Filarial DNA rates %, (95% CI) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coastal/ high risk | 11 | 609,932 | 30 | 625 | 15,245 | 92(14.7) | 0.63 (0.5–0.8) |
Inland/ low risk | 8 | 457,006 | 30 | 583 | 13,472 | 8 (1.4) | 0.06 (0.02–0.11) |
Total | 19 | 1,066,938 | 60 | 1208 | 28,717 | 100(8.3) | 0.36 (0.29–0.45) |