Assessing the Filariasis Causing Parasites in Adult Mosquitoes and the Vector Mosquito Larval Breeding in Selected Medical Officer of Health Areas in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka
Table 2
Adult mosquito abundance in four MOH areas.
Mosquitoes species
MOH area
Mean ± SE
Kelaniya
Ragama
Seeduwa
Dompe
Culex quinquefasciatus
1357
900
680
326
816 ± 216a
Culex pipiens
234
490
156
194
268 ± 75.5b
Culex gelidus
65
240
58
82
111 ± 43.20b
Culex fuscocephala
80
51
30
28
47 ± 12.1b
Armigeres subalbatus
2756
708
320
665
1112 ± 555b
Mansonia uniformis
172
104
98
100
118 ± 17.90b
Mansonia annulifera
0
216
118
25
89 ± 49.10b
Aedes aegypti
423
182
196
237
259 ± 55.70a
Aedes albopictus
72
38
143
158
102 ± 28.60b
Same superscript in the column is not significantly different at ≤ 0.05