Table 3.
Detection of DENV RNA from Ae. aegypti females collected from schools in Mérida during 2008 and 2009
| School* | October 2008 | December 2008 | November and December 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total females tested | No. of pools tested | No. of DENV-positive pools (%) | Total females tested | No. of pools tested | No. of DENV-positive pools (%) | Total females tested | No. of pools tested | No. of DENV-positive pools (%) | |
| 1 (H) | 7 | 3 | 2 (66.7) | 2 | 2 | 0 (0) | 8 | 3 | 0 (0) |
| 2 (K) | 10 | 2 | 2 (100) | 1 | 1 | 0 (0) | 1 | 1 | 0 (0) |
| 3 (K) | 1 | 1 | 0 (0) | 1 | 1 | 0 (0) | NT† | NT | NT |
| 4 (E) | 2 | 1 | 0 (0) | NS‡ | NS | NS | 1 | 1 | 0 (0) |
| 5 (E) | 9 | 2 | 2 (100) | NT | NT | NT | 6 | 2 | 0 (0) |
| 6 (E) | 6 | 1 | 0 (0) | 2 | 1 | 0 (0) | 18 | 1 | 0 (0) |
| 7 (K) | 15 | 2 | 2 (100) | 1 | 1 | 0 (0) | NT | NT | NT |
| 8 (H) | 1 | 1 | 0 (0) | NS | NS | NS | 2 | 1 | 0 (0) |
| 9 (E) | 2 | 2 | 0 (0) | NT | NT | NT | 2 | 1 | 0 (0) |
| 10 (J) | 15 | 3 | 0 (0) | 3 | 1 | 0 (0) | 12 | 5 | 3 (60.0) |
| 11 (E) | 28 | 4 | 0 (0) | 10 | 3 | 0 (0) | 7 | 3 | 1 (33.3) |
| 12 (E) | 2 | 2 | 0 (0) | 1 | 1 | 0 (0) | 5 | 2 | 1 (50.0) |
| 13 (K–J) | 22 | 4 | 1 (25.0) | 1 | 1 | 0 (0) | NT | NT | NT |
| 14 (E) | 9 | 3 | 0 (0) | 5 | 1 | 0 (0) | 9 | 2 | 0 (0) |
| 15 (C) | 2 | 2 | 0 (0) | 5 | 3 | 1 (33.3) | 21 | 6 | 0 (0) |
| 16 (K) | 2 | 2 | 0 (0) | NT | NT | NT | 4 | 2 | 0 (0) |
| 17 (E) | 8 | 3 | 0 (0) | NS | NS | NS | 1 | 1 | 0 (0) |
| 18 (K) | 18 | 2 | 0 (0) | 2 | 1 | 0 (0) | 3 | 2 | 0 (0) |
| 19 (E) | 32 | 2 | 0 (0) | 5 | 1 | 0 (0) | 5 | 3 | 2 (66.7) |
| 20 (E) | 8 | 3 | 0 (0) | 5 | 3 | 0 (0) | 6 | 2 | 0 (0) |
| 21 (J) | 18 | 3 | 0 (0) | 7 | 2 | 0 (0) | 8 | 0 | 0 (0) |
| 22 (E) | NS | NS | NS | 1 | 1 | 0 (0) | 1 | 1 | 0 (0) |
| 23 (E) | NS | NS | NS | 3 | 2 | 0 (0) | 22 | 3 | 2 (66.7) |
| 24 (E) | NS | NS | NS | 1 | 1 | 0 (0) | NT | NT | NT |
| Total | 217 | 48 | 9 (18.8) | 56 | 27 | 1 (3.7) | 142 | 43 | 9 (20.9) |
*
School type denoted in parenthesis. K = kindergarten; E = elementary school; J = junior high school; H = high school; C = college.
†
No Ae. aegypti females were tested from this school and time period.
‡
School was not sampled for mosquitoes for this time period.