Table 2.
Mosquito genera and their positivity for Wolbachia and filarial parasites tested by multiplex PCR grouped according to localities along with the percentage of estimated rate of infection (ERI)
| Localities |
Culex spp. |
Anopheles pharoensis |
Aedes caspius |
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| No. of mosquitoes | No. tested pools | Wolbachia positive pools | Filaria (genus) positive pools | ERI (%) Wolbachia | ERI (%) Filariae | No. of mosquitoes | No. tested pools | Wolbachia positive pools | Filaria (genus) positive pools | ERI (%) Wolbachia | ERI (%) Filariae | No. of mosquitoes | No tested pools | Wolbachia +ve pool | Filariae +ve pool (filaria genus) | ERI (%) Wolbachia | ERI (%) Filariae | |
| El-Nikhila | 400 | 16 | 1 | 1 (W. bancrofti) | 0.25 | 0.25 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 1 (W. bancrofti) | 1.60 | 1.60 | 100 | 4 | 1 | 1 (D. repens) | 1.14 | 1.14 |
| El-Matiaa | 250 | 10 | 1 | 1 (W. bancrofti) | 0.42 | 0.42 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sahel Seleem | 250 | 10 | 1 | 1 (D. immitis) | 0.42 | 0.42 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dairout | 250 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1,150 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 0.36 | 0.27 | 200 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0.532 | 0.532 | 250 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0.42 | 0.42 |