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Table 6 Anopheles spp. identified at 12 surveillance sites during the ‘cool’ dry season in 2011 and rainy season in 2013

From: Malaria in three epidemiological strata in Mauritania

Sites

Anopheles species (n/N) (%)

2011

2013

Sahelian zone

 Keurmassen

0

An. gambiae s.l. 9/23 (39)

An. rufipes 14/23 (61)

 Boghé

An. gambiae s.l. 124/201 (62)

An. rufipes 57/201 (28)

An. domicola 20/201 (10)

An. gambiae s.l. 13/50 (26)

An. rufipes 32/50 (64)

An. zemanni 5/50 (10)

 Gouraye

An. gambiae s.l. 132/192 (69)

An. rufipes 54/192 (28)

An. domicola 6/192 (3)

An. rufipes 35/46 (76)

An. pharoensis 11/46 (24)

 Ghabou

An. gambiae s.l. 37/37 (100)

An. gambiae s.l. 27/72 (38)

An. rufipes 39/72 (54)

An. pharoensis 6/72 (8)

Sahelo-Saharan zone

 Kobeni

0

An. gambiae s.s. 43/106 (41)

An. arabiensis 38/106 (36)

An. pharoensis 25/106 (24)

 Kankossa

An. gambiae s.l. 8/9 (89)

An. rufipes 1/9 (11)

An. gambiae s.l. 44/97 (45)

An. pharoensis 53/97 (55)

 Tamcheket

An. gambiae s.l. 3/3 (100)

An. gambiae s.s. 6/23 (26)

An. arabiensis 11/23 (48)

An. rufipes 6/23 (26)

 Nbeika

0

An. gambiae s.s. 27/33 (82)

An. arabiensis 4/33 (12)

An. pharoensis 2/33 (6)

Saharan zone

 Teyarett, Nouakchott

An. gambiae s.l. 19/22 (86)

An. pharoensis 3/22 (14)

An. gambiae s.s. 16/58 (28)

An. arabiensis 23/58 (40)

An. pharoensis 19/58 (33)

 Darnaim, Nouakchott

An. gambiae s.l. 9/9 (100)

An. arabiensis 9/22 (41)

An. pharoensis 13/22 (59)

 Akjoujt

0

0

 Aoujeft

0

An. pharoensis 1/2, (50)

An. rhodesiensis 1/2 (50)

  1. The collection period during the ‘cool’ dry season corresponds to the period from the last week of November to the third week of December in 2011. The collection period during the rainy season was in October 2013. During the ‘hot’ dry season in June 2012, only nine Anopheles mosquitoes (eight An. gambiae s.l. and 1 An. pharoensis) were captured in Teyarett district, Nouakchott. There was no Anopheles mosquito from the other 11 surveillance sites
  2. n number of Anopheles species, N total number of Anopheles mosquitoes captured in the study sites