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. 2024 Feb 26;61(3):818–823. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjae016

Table 1.

Summary of the entomological surveillance data of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Mosquito captures and collections of excreta and saliva cards were carried out in 10 houses from 12 May 2016 to 28 June 2016 spread across 3 cities where the Zika virus (ZIKV) was circulating. For each city, the total sample number (No.) of Ae. aegypti collections is indicated. The number of mosquitoes with blue abdomens (males and females combined) is also listed, indicating the ingestion of previously dyed blue honey on the filter paper card and, thus, the associated saliva deposition. The presence or absence of the ZIKV is also indicated in the abdomen pools of females, in saliva collection FTA filter paper cards, and in excreta collection UFP cards, with tested positive samples being indicated in bold in the table

Cities No. of houses of mosquitoes collection (No. of traps) graphic file with name tjae016_fig4.jpg graphic file with name tjae016_fig5.jpg
Field indication of mosquito salivation on cards Screening viruses on females Ae. Aegypti Screening ZIKV in cards
Total No. of Ae. Aegypti Total No. of Ae. Aegypti with blue abdomen (percent density) Total No. of females (percent density) No. of abdomens pools with ZIKV/No. of pools of females tested No. of cards with ZIKV in saliva/FTA cards processed No. of cards with ZIKV in excreta/UFP cards processed
Cayenne 6 (18) 379 40 (11%) 183 (48%) 1/32 0/52 1/52
Rémire-Montjoly 2 (5) 60 5 (8%) 32 (53%) 0/7 0/13 0/12
Matoury 2 (6) 82 16 (20%) 54 (66%) 0/14 0/19 0/18
Total 10 (29) 521 61 (12%) 269 (52%) 1/53 0/84 1/82