Table 4

The Prevalence of W. bancrofti in Mosquito Pools

Site
Timepoint*
#Mosquitoes
#pools1
Point Estimate2
Confidence Interval2
%infective
Masson/ Mathieu
Aug-Oct
409
96
0.0716
.0451, .0106
1.20 (0.33,3.04)
Masson/ Mathieu
Nov-Jan
450
86
0.0161
.0060, .0335
1.34 (0.49, 2.89)
Masson/ Mathieu
Feb-April
868
122
0.0171
.0088, .0293
0.14 (0,0.82)
Mapou
Aug-Oct
490
77
0.0329
.0175, .0552
0.26 (0.01,1.46)
Mapou
Nov-Jan
881
129
0.0104
.0044, .0201
0 (0,0.45)
Mapou
Feb-April
507
111
0.0326
.0173, .0547
0.54 (0.07,1.94)
Barrier Jeudi
Aug-Oct
456
104
0.0916
.0630, .1269
2.44 (1.06,4.75)
Barrier Jeudi
Nov-Jan
693
106
0.0089 *
.0030, .0196
0* (0,0.51)
Barrier Jeudi
Feb-April
1003
122
0.0226 *
.0219, .4722
0.22 (0.03,0.80)
Leogane
Aug-Oct
5280
394
0.0441
.0371, .0520
0.89 (0.53,1.40)
Leogane
Nov-Jan
1531
184
0.008 *
.0039, .0144
0.72 (1.00,2.40)
Leogane
Feb-April
1583
173
0.0025 *
.0006, .0065
0.75 (0.86,2.42)

* 1Median Pool size = 7; 2Derived with Poolscreen 2.0 software; * Indicates a Significant Difference

Goodman et al. Filaria Journal 2003 2:11   doi:10.1186/1475-2883-2-11