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Table 2 Presence of different mosquito larvae in the different habitat types in Barakat and El-Kareiba, Gezira, Central Sudan, February – September, 2011

From: Characterisation of larval habitats, species composition and factors associated with the seasonal abundance of mosquito fauna in Gezira, Sudan

 

Barakat

El-Kareiba

Habitat type

Habitats (no.)

Anopheles spp. (%)

Culex spp. (%)

Aedes spp. (%)

Anopheles spp. (%)

Culex spp. (%)

Aedes spp. (%)

Leakage of pipe

142

661 (40.0)

1 240 (56.5)

58 (33.9)

577 (60.8)

187 (44.3)

24 (17.5)

Animal hoof prints

47

223 (13.5)

138 (6.3)

4 (2.3)

194 (20.4)

74 (17.5)

3 (2.2%)

Irrigation channels

46

610 (37.0)

512 (23.3)

46 (26.9)

NA

NA

NA

Tyre tracks

43

88 (5.3)

75 (3.4)

30 (17.5)

130 (13.7)

0.0

0.0

Jars

16

0.0

5 (0.2)

33 (19.3)

NA

NA

NA

Big open water storage

11

41 (2.5)

28 (1.3)

0.0

28 (3.0)

2 (0.5)

0.0

Barrels

10

28 (1.7)

26 (1.2)

0.0

20 (2.1)

59 (14.0)

0.0

Septic tanks

7

0

171 (7.8)

0.0

0.0

100 (23.7)

110 (80.3)

P

 

0.0003

0.0300

0.6000

0.2000

0.0080

0.2000

  1. NA Not applicable; habitat type not found