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. 2007 Nov;13(11):1653–1660. doi: 10.3201/eid1311.061369

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.