Lymphatic filariasis, infection status in Culex quinquefasciatus and Anopheles species after six rounds of mass drug administration in Masasi District, Tanzania

Table 2 Vector infection rate by methods of analysis and study site

Analysis method	Mosquito species	No. analysed	No. infected (%)	95% CI	P-value
Microscope	Anopheles spp.	37	0	0.0–0.095
	Culex quinquefaciatus	1822	0	0.0–0.001
	All species	1859	0	0.0–0.001
PCR	Anopheles spp.	46⁺	0	0.0–0.077
	Culex quinquefasciatus	365⁺⁺	33 (0.5) ǂ	0.44–0.46	0.1
	All species	411	33 (0.5) ǂ	0.45–0. 46
Study site	Maparagwe	280	15 (0.3) ǂ	0.256–0.36
	Mbuyuni	131	18(0.7) ǂ	0.61–0.77	0.004*
	All villages	411	33 (0.5) ǂ	0.45–0. 46

CI confidence interval
^+ +Pool of 20 mosquitoes; ⁺Individual/Single mosquito; ǂ Infection rate (Pool Screen, V2.0.2; Likelihood ratio method); * Two sample test for proportion to compare mosquito infection rates between villages

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