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Table 1 Types of breeding sites from which positive (Presence) An. stephensi collections have been made, place and time

From: Public health impact of the spread of Anopheles stephensi in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region countries in Horn of Africa and Yemen: need for integrated vector surveillance and control

Breeding sites where An. stephensi has been found

Sudan

Djibouti

Yemen

Somalia

Drum/barrel

Present

[30]

Present

[32], Identified by the author in 2019

Present

[54]

N/A

Bucket/other household water storage

Present

[30]

Present

[11]

N/A

N/A

Construction water storage reservoir/cement tanks

Present

[29, 30]

N/A

Present

[54]

N/A

Metal/plastic water tank

Present

[29, 30]

Present

[32]

N/A

N/A

Berkads

N/A

N/A

N/A

Present

[15]

Manhole

Present

[29]

Present

[32]

N/A

N/A

Water leakage

Present

[29, 30]

Present

[32]

N/A

N/A

Car wash runoff

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Cemented floor

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Desert cooler

Present

Identified by the author in 2019

N/A

N/A

N/A

Ditch

N/A

Present

[32]

N/A

N/A

Water seepage inside houses

N/A

Present

Identified by the author in 2019

N/A

N/A

Puddle/pond

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Septic tank/wastewater pit

Present

[29]

N/A

N/A

N/A

Car tyre

N/A

N/A

Present

[31]

N/A

Jerrycan

N/A

N/A

Present

[31]

N/A

  1. References cited are presented in brackets