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Table 5 Mosquito abundance in three epidemiological strata in Mauritania during different seasons in 2011–2013

From: Malaria in three epidemiological strata in Mauritania

Zone/study sites

Number (%) of mosquitoes

Anopheles spp.

Culex spp.

Aedes spp.

All mosquitoes

Sahelian zone

621

857

525

2003

  2011

430 (40.3)

338 (31.7)

299 (28.0)

1067

  2012

0

14 (87.5)

2 (12.5)

16

  2013

191 (20.8)

505 (54.9)

224 (24.4)

920

 Keurmassen

  2011

0

12 (38.7)

19 (61.3)

31

  2012

0

6 (100)

0

6

  2013

23 (6.8)

230 (68.0)

85 (25.2)

338

 Boghé

  2011

201 (41.1)

204 (41.7)

84 (17.2)

489

  2012

0

8 (80.0)

2 (20.0)

10

  2013

50 (17.0)

153 (51.9)

92 (31.2)

295

 Gouraye

  2011

192 (44.0)

64 (14.7)

180 (41.3)

436

  2012

0

0

0

0

  2013

46 (37.4)

60 (48.8)

17 (13.8)

123

 Ghabou

  2011

37 (33.3)

58 (52.2)

16 (14.4)

111

  2012

0

0 (0)

0

0

  2013

72 (43.9)

62 (37.8)

30 (18.3)

164

Sahelo-Saharan zone

271

475

303

1049

   2011

12 (3.1)

170 (44.3)

202 (52.6)

384

   2012

0

32 (74.4)

11 (25.6)

43

   2013

259 (41.6)

273 (43.9)

90 (14.5)

622

 Kobeni

0

109 (41.8)

152 (58.2)

261

  2011

0

11 (100)

0

11

  2012

106 (62.7)

54 (32.0)

9 (5.3)

169

  2013

    

 Kankossa

  2011

9 (14.8)

28 (45.9)

24 (39.3)

61

  2012

0

21 (65.6)

11 (34.4)

32

  2013

97 (35.9)

127 (47.0)

46 (17.0)

270

 Tamcheket

  2011

3 (13.0)

11 (47.8)

9 (39.1)

23

  2012

0

0

0

0

  2013

23 (24.2)

51 (53.7)

21 (22.1)

95

 Nbeika

  2011

0

22 (56.4)

17 (43.6)

39

  2012

0

0

0

0

  2013

33 (37.5)

41 (46.6)

14 (15.9)

88

Saharan zone

122

299

104

525

  2011

31 (28.2)

56 (50.9)

23 (20.9)

110

  2012

9 (17.6)

31 (60.8)

11 (21.6)

51

  2013

82 (22.5)

212 (58.2)

70 (19.2)

364

 Teyarett, Nouakchott

  2011

22 (44.0)

19 (38.0)

9 (18.0)

50

  2012

9 (39.1)

6 (26.1)

8 (34.8)

23

  2013

58 (39.2)

42 (28.4)

48 (32.4)

148

 Darnaim, Nouakchott

  2011

9 (31.0)

7 (24.1)

13 (44.8)

29

  2012

0

23 (88.5)

3 (11.5)

26

  2013

22 (23.9)

50 (54.4)

20 (21.7)

92

 Akjoujt

  2011

0

6 (100)

0

6

  2012

0

0

0

0

  2013

0

39 (95.1)

2 (4.9)

41

 Aoujeft

  2011

0

24 (96.0)

1 (4.0)

25

  2012

0

2 (100)

0

2

  2013

2 (2.4)

81 (97.6)

0

83

  1. Overall data obtained in each zone, followed by data from each study site, are presented. The total numbers of mosquitoes in each zone are in italics. The collection periods correspond to the ‘cool’ dry season after the rainy season from the end of November to December 2011, ‘hot’ dry season in June 2012, and rainy season in October 2013