Research Article
Filariasis Control in Coastal Nigeria: Predictive Significance of Baseline Entomological Indices of Anopheles gambiae s.l. (Diptera: Culicidae)
Table 3
Seasonality of entomological indices of A. gambiae s.l. in coastal Nigeria.
| | Description | Dry season | Rainy season |
| | Total number of days | 152 | 214 | | Number of catch days | 22 | 30 | | Number of females collected | 1265 | 4548 | | Number of females dissected (%) | 973 (76.9) | 3720 (81.8) | | Number parous (%) | 492 (50.6) | 1370 (38.8) | | Number infective (%) | 2 (0.2) | 11 (0.3) | | Number of L3s (L3/inf) | 4 (2.0) | 14 (1.3) | | Seasonal biting rate | 4423 | 16692 | Seasonal transmission potential
| 18.8
| 67.2
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