Table 1. Maximum likelihood estimate (MLE) per 1,000 mosquitoes trapped in Point Lonsdale, Australia, and tested by PCR for insertion sequence IS2404 of Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Species | No. mosquitoes | No. positive pools/no. pools tested | MLE* | 95% Confidence interval |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aedes camptorhynchus | 10,558 | 41/757 | 3.98 | 2.90–5.35 |
Coquillettidia linealis | 480 | 4/57 | 8.53 | 2.80–20.34 |
Ae. notoscriptus | 221 | 1/49 | 4.47 | 0.26–21.37 |
Culex australicus | 76 | 1/27 | 12.78 | 0.77–59.74 |
Ochlerotatus alboannulatus | 52 | 0/16 | 0 | 0.00–58.19 |
Anopheles annulipes s. l. | 49 | 1/18 | 22.44 | 1.24–115.30 |
Cx. globocoxitus | 43 | 0/20 | 0 | 0–76.19 |
Cx. annulirostris | 10 | 0/2 | 0 | 0–161.60 |
Cx. molestus | 6 | 0/6 | 0 | 0–390.33 |
Cx. quinquefasciatus | 5 | 0/2 | 0 | 0–319.26 |
Oc. australis | 3 | 0/2 | 0 | 0–499.14 |
Cx. pipiens
gp. |
1 |
0/1 |
0 |
0–793.45 |
Total | 11,504 | 48/957 | 4.28 | 3.20–5.62 |
*MLE bias was corrected when >1 pool was positive; otherwise uncorrected.