Research Article
Cockroach Infestation and Factors Affecting the Estimation of Cockroach Population in Urban Communities
Table 1
Surveyed locations and results of trap monitoring throughout the programme.
| | Type of location | Number of locations | Sampling units | Size of units (limitation) | Infested sampling units | Number of infested units with
B. germanica | Number of identified cockroaches (%) |
| | Dormitories from four universities* | 11 dormitories | 386 | 12–18 m2 × 2.5 m | 141 (37%) | 116 | 5758 B. germanica (97.59%)
91 B. lateralis (1.54%)
46 P. americana (0.78%)
4 S. longipalpa (0.07%)
1 B. orientalis (0.02%) |
| | Hospital | 2 hospitals | 121 | 12–18 m2 × 3 m | 71 (59%) | 60 | 1125 B. germanica (93.28%)
62 B. lateralis (5.14%)
19 P. americana (1.58%) |
| | Housing complex | 7 buildings | 27 | 70 m2 × 2.5 m | 7 (26%) | 5 | 131 B. germanica (94.93%)
6 P. americana (4.35%)
1 Supella longipalpa (0.72%) |
| | Official place | 1 building | 22 | 12–14 m2 × 3 m | 4 (18%) | 0 | 5 B. lateralis (100%) |
| | Hotel | 1 building | 17 | 12–18 m2 × 2.5 m | 2 (12%) | 0 | 2 B. lateralis (100%) |
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