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Table 1 Summary table of mosquito species and infection status.

From: Contributions of different mosquito species to the transmission of lymphatic filariasis in central Nigeria: implications for monitoring infection by PCR in mosquito pools

  A. gambiae s.l. Analysed by PCR [n] A. funestus Culex spp. Aedes spp. Total
   A. gambiae s.s. a A. arabiensis a Unidentifiedb     
Dissected N 3473 [587] [108] [18] 1352 71 2 4898
Mff + n (%) 84 (2.4) [17 (2.9)] [1 (0.9)] [0] 14 (1.0) 2 (2.8) 0 100 (2.0)
L 1 -L 3 + n (%) 128 (3.7) [54 (9.2)] [12 (11.1)] [4 (22.2)] 15 (1.1) 0 0 143 (2.9)
L 3 + n (%) 49 (1.4) [27 (4.6)] [6 (5.6)] [3 (16.7)] 7 (0.5) 0 0 56 (1.1)
  1. a Species confirmed by PCR
  2. bSpecies by PCR neither A. gambiae s.s. nor A. arabiensis; presumably misidentified A. funestus
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