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Table 1 Species composition of mosquitoes collected in human landing collections and pyrethrum knockdown catches in Accra.

From: Impact of urban agriculture on malaria vectors in Accra, Ghana

Method

Human landing

collection

Pyrethrum knockdown

collection

No. of rounds

8

3

No. man nights or houses

192

408

Total mosquitoes caught

21,801

4,135

No. of Culex spp.

20,100 (91.8%)

3,915 (94.7%)

No. of Anopheles spp.

1,648 (7.6%)

153 (3.7%)

   A. gambiae s.l.

1,642 (99.6%)

146 (95.4%)

   A. funestus

0 (0%)

7 (4.6%)

   A. coustani

6 (0.4%)

0 (0%)

No. of Aedes spp.

111 (0.5%)

67 (1.6%)

No. of Mansonia spp.

32 (0.1%)

0 (0%)