Filariasis Control in Coastal Nigeria: Predictive Significance of Baseline Entomological Indices of Anopheles gambiae s.l. (Diptera: Culicidae)

Table 2

Circadian variation in parity and infectivity of human landing A. gambiae  s.l. in coastal Nigeria.

Time	Number of A. gambiae females			Number of L3
	Dissected	Parous (%)	Infective
18.00–19.00	286	84 (29.4)	0	0
19.00–20.00	297	85 (28.4)	0	0
20.00–21.00	309	95 (30.7)	0	0
21.00–22.00	307	118 (38.4)	0	0
22.00–23.00	518	246 (47.5)	1	1
23.00–00.00	620	292 (47.1)	5	7
00.00–01.00	582	272 (46.7)	5	6
01.00–02.00	526	239 (45.4)	0	0
02.00–03.00	324	136 (42.0)	2	4
03.00–04.00	219	73 (33.3)	0	0
04.00–05.00	276	84 (30.4)	0	0
05.00–06.00	429	138 (32.2)	0	0
Total	4693	1862 (39.7)	13	18