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Table 2 Detection efficiency of different

From: Achieving high coverage of larval-stage mosquito surveillance: challenges for a community-based mosquito control programme in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Habitat Category

Habitat type

Total number of wet habitats detected by

Proportion detected by CORPs (%)

  

CORPs

Investigator

 

Natural Habitats

Marsh/swampy areas

93

160

58.1

 

Riverbeds

24

24

100.0

 

Seepages

29

36

80.6

 

Subtotal

146

220

66.4

Agricultural artificial habitats

Rice paddies

3

7

42.9

 

Matuta

23

34

67.6

 

Other agriculture

18

35

51.4

 

Subtotal

44

76

59.9

Non-Agricultural artificial habitats

Tyre tracks/puddles

176

349

50.4

 

Drains

898

1050

85.5

 

Construction sites

450

672

67.0

 

Water storage containers

231

587

39.4

 

Ponds

11

11

100.0

 

Subtotal

1766

2669

66.2

Total

 

1956

2965

66.0

  1. CORPs; community-owned resource persons