Research Article

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 speciesMOH areaMean ± SE
KelaniyaRagamaSeeduwaDompe

Culex quinquefasciatus1357900680326816 ± 216a
Culex pipiens234490156194268 ± 75.5b
Culex gelidus652405882111 ± 43.20b
Culex fuscocephala8051302847 ± 12.1b
Armigeres subalbatus27567083206651112 ± 555b
Mansonia uniformis17210498100118 ± 17.90b
Mansonia annulifera02161182589 ± 49.10b
Aedes aegypti423182196237259 ± 55.70a
Aedes albopictus7238143158102 ± 28.60b

Same superscript in the column is not significantly different at  ≤ 0.05