Table 1 Types of potential mosquito breeding habitats and their positivity in irrigated and non-irrigated areas, in and around Arjo-Dedessa sugar development site, southwest Ethiopia (2017–2018)
Sites | Habitat type | Number of habitat surveyed | Positive for anopheline n (%) | Positive for anopheline & culicine n (%) | Positive for anopheline alone n (%) | Positive for culicine alone n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irrigated area | Rain pool | 46 | 26 (56.5) | 21 (45.3) | 5 (11.2) | 15 (32.6) |
Swamp | 23 | 13 (56.5) | 10 (43.5) | 3 (13.0) | 6 (26.1) | |
Stream shoreline | 19 | 11 (58.0) | 10 (52.6) | 1 (5.3) | 7 (36.8) | |
Tire track/road puddle | 19 | 14 (73.7) | 10 (52.6) | 4 (21.1) | 3 (15.8) | |
Spring seepage | 16 | 7 (43.8) | 4 (25.0) | 3 (18.8) | 5 (31.3) | |
Hippo trench | 13 | 4 (30.8) | 3 (23.1) | 1 (7.7) | 8 (61.5) | |
Animal foot print | 10 | 7 (70.0) | 5 (50.0) | 2 (20.0) | 1 (10.0) | |
Earth bottom irrigation canals | 14 | 5 (35.7) | 5 (35.7) | - | 8 (57.2) | |
Drainage ditch | 4 | 1 (25.0) | 1 (25.0) | - | 2 (50.0) | |
Man-made pools | 7 | 6 (85.7) | 5 (71.4) | 1 (14.3) | 1 (14.3) | |
Pit | 3 | - | - | - | 3 (100.0) | |
Farm ditch | 2 | 2 (100.0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | - | |
Water container | 1 | - | - | - | 1 (100.0) | |
Rice puddle | 1 | 1 (100.0) | 1 (100.0) | - | - | |
Non-irrigated area | Swamp | 60 | 32 (52.5) | 29 (47.5) | 3 (4.9) | 19 (31.1) |
Rain-pool | 29 | 8 (27.6) | 6 (20.7) | 2 (6.9) | 9 (31.0) | |
Stream shoreline | 12 | 7 (58.3) | 6 (50.0) | 1 (8.3) | 2 (16.7) | |
Animal foot print | 11 | 4 (36.4) | 3 (27.3) | 1 (9.1) | 1 (9.1) | |
Spring seepage | 8 | 1 (12.5) | - | 1 (12.5) | 4 (50.0) | |
Man-made pools | 5 | 3 (60.0) | 2 (40.0) | 1 (20.0) | 2 (40.0) | |
Farm ditch | 3 | - | - | - | 2 (66.7) | |
Pit | 2 | - | - | - | 1 (50.0) | |
Rock pool | 1 | - | - | - | 1 (100.0) | |
Drainage ditch | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 (100.0) | |
Tire track/road puddle | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
Rice puddle | 4 | - | - | - | - |