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

Table 3

Distribution of MU targets in field collected mosquitoes larvae.

Study sites		Pools of 10 mosquito larvae analyzed	IS2404-qPCR		KR-qPCR		IS2606-qPCR		MU distribution
			Positive	(%)	Positive	(%)	Positive	(%)
BU endemic villages	Agbahounsou	74	10	13.51	0	—	2	16.67	Absent
	Agongbo	73	24	32.88	0	—	1	5.26	Absent
	Agodenou	76	5	6.58	0	—	0	—	Absent
Total		223	39	17.49	0	—	0	—	Absent
BU nonendemic village	Tanongou	94	11	11.70	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 ().