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Infection rates of human landing Anopheles mosquitoes with Wuchereria bancrofti as determined by dissection and PCR pool-screening. |
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| District/Collection Site |
Total No. mosquitoes |
Dissections |
Pool screen PCR |
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| No. dissected |
No. infected |
Infection rate/1000 mosquiotes (CI 95%) |
No. examined |
Pool size (No. of Pools) |
Positive Pools |
Infection rate * (CI 95%) |
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| Axim District/ |
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| Kikam |
298 |
118 |
0 |
0 |
180 |
30 (6) |
0 |
0 |
| Ampain |
550 |
270 |
0 |
0 |
280 |
40 (7) |
0 |
0 |
| Azulelonu |
1080 |
630 |
9 |
14.29 (6.6 – 26.9) |
450 |
30 (15) |
5 |
13.4(4.2 – 31.4) |
| Ankobra |
910 |
550 |
11 |
20.00 (10.0 – 35.5) |
360 |
40 (9) |
5 |
20.1(5.9 – 48.5) |
| KEEA District/ |
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| Moree |
972 |
472 |
0 |
0 |
500 |
50 (10) |
0 |
0 |
| Brebia |
856 |
416 |
0 |
0 |
440 |
40 (11) |
0 |
0 |
| Abakrampa |
1036 |
586 |
0 |
0 |
550 |
50 (11) |
0 |
0 |
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* Katholi et al (1995) | ||||||||
Boakye et al. Filaria Journal 2007 6:13 doi:10.1186/1475-2883-6-13 |
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