Table 1 Species composition and abundance of mosquitoes collected from the study sites
Total number of mosquito species collected (2015–2016) | Total number of mosquitoes collected (%) | Species identified molecularly | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
District (hotspot/control) | Region | Anopheles gambiae | Anopheles pharoensis | Anopheles coustani | Culex Species | Mansonia uniformis | Mansonia africana | Aedes species | ||
Ahanta West (hotspot) | Western | 18 880 | 36 | 4 | 1221 | 774 | 1660 | 9 | 22 584 (72.7) | Anopheles coluzzii/Anopheles melas |
Mpohor (control) | Western | 4603 | 10 | 3 | 81 | 61 | 19 | 7 | 4784 (15.4) | Anopheles coluzzii |
Kassena Nankana West (hotspot) | Upper East | 1239 | 4 | 13 | 879 | 9 | 3 | 44 | 2191 (7.1) | Anopheles coluzzii/Anopheles arabiensis |
Bongo (control) | Upper East | 826 | 4 | 2 | 626 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 1505 (4.9) | Anopheles coluzzii/Anopheles arabiensis |
Total | 31 064 (100) | |||||||||