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Table 5 Total number of mosquitoes captured inside participant homes in Nyimba and Luangwa Districts, May–June 2016

From: Knowledge, attitudes and practices assessment of malaria interventions in rural Zambia

 

Nyimba District

Luangwa District

Both districts

Mosquito type

Total No. mosquitoesa

Households surveyed n (%)

Total No. mosquitoes

Households surveyed n (%)

Total No. mosquitoes

Households surveyed n (%)

An. funestus

1

1 (3)

1

1 (3)

2

2 (3)

An. arabiensis

9

5 (13)

10

6 (18)

19

11 (15)

An. squamosus

1

1 (3)

11

4 (12)

12

5 (7)

An. pretoriensis

1

1 (3)

1

0 (0)

2

1 (1)

An. rivulorum

1

1 (3)

7

3 (9)

8

4 (5)

An. quadriannulatus

0

0 (0)

5

4 (12)

5

4 (5)

An. parensis

0

0 (0)

1

1 (3)

1

1 (1)

Total anophelines

13

9 (23)

36

18 (54)

49

27 (37)

Total culicines

37

9 (23)

312

23 (70)

349

32 (70)

  1. a using CDC miniature light traps placed at foot of bed and operating from 1800 h–0600 h on a single night