Table 4 Diversity of mosquito breeding grounds in Kimamba villages
From: Land-use patterns and their implication on malaria transmission in Kilosa District, Tanzania
Habitat type | Kimamba “A” | Kimamba “B” | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Posta | Uhindini | Mkwajuni | Sikutali | Sokomsuya | Number | % | |
Water pools | 10 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 3 | 64 | 30 |
Wells | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 11 |
Broken pots | 7 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 10.4 |
Hoof prints | 0 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 10.4 |
Tins | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 10 |
Coconut shells | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 8.1 |
Ditches | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
Broken buckets | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3.3 |
Tyre marks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.9 |
Concrete holes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.9 |
Broken Drums | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Old Tyres | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Banana leaves | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Swamps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Streams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Water holes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 37 | 32 | 53 | 83 | 6 | 211 | 100 |