Table 4. Comparison of MIRs for MERDV in female and male C. quinquefasciatus in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, 2007–2008.
Study site | No. mosquitoes tested* | No. pools tested (positive) | MIR† | ||||||
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Female | Male | Total | Female | Male | Total | Female | Male | Total | |
Merida‡ | 3018 | 3145 | 6163 | 112 (7) | 92 (7) | 204 (14) | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
Tixkokob‡ | 5020 | 4051 | 9071 | 144 (2) | 103 (0) | 247 (2) | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Total | 8038 | 7196 | 15 234 | 256 (9) | 195 (7) | 451 (16) | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
C. quinquefasciatus collected in Merida in 2013 are not listed because males and females were not tested separately.
Expressed as the number of positive mosquito pools per 1000 mosquitoes tested.
Mosquitoes were collected outdoors using mosquito magnets.