Evidences of the Low Implication of Mosquitoes in the Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the Causative Agent of Buruli Ulcer

Table 2

Distribution of MU targets in field-caught adult mosquitoes.

Study sites		Pools of 10 adult mosquitoes analyzed	IS2404-qPCR		KR-qPCR		IS2606-qPCR		MU distribution
			Positive	(%)	Positive	(%)	Positive	(%)
BU endemic villages	Agbahounsou	66	8	12.12	1	12.5	0	—	Absent
	Agongbo	176	12	6.82	0	—	0	—	Absent
	Agodenou	59	6	10.17	0	—	0	—	Absent
Total		301	26	8.63	1	12.5	0	—	Absent
BU nonendemic village	Tanongou	103	10	9.7	0	—	0	—	Absent

P: percentage of targets distribution. No statistical difference was found in the distribution of IS2404 target between the endemic and nonendemic localities ().