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Table 2 A key table indicates the collected species number, stage, abundance and positive RT-PCR samples from White Nile state.

From: Role of Culex and Anopheles mosquito species as potential vectors of rift valley fever virus in Sudan outbreak, 2007

Species

Total no. of collected species

Stage

Species abundance*

No. of positive PCR samples

  

Larva

Pupa

Male

Female

  

An. gambiae arabiensis

384

28

4

30

322

80.7%

3L+2 M+26F** = 31

An. coustani

14

2

-

2

10

2.9%

1L+2F = 3

Cx. pipiens complex

42

22

4

-

16

8.8%

4L+1F*** = 5

Cx. poicilipes

8

6

-

-

2

1.7%

1F = 1

Ae. aegypti

24

22

-

-

2

5.0%

8L+2F**** = 10

Ae. mcintoshi

2

-

-

-

2

0.4%

0

Ae. vexans

2

2

-

-

-

0.4%

0

Total

476

82

8

32

354

100%

50

  1. * Abundance = number of individuals of one species/total number of mosquitoes collected (approximated to one decimal).
  2. ** 24 gravid + 2 ungravid females.
  3. *** Gravid females.
  4. **** Ungravid female.