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. 2016 Apr 1;97(Pt 4):977–987. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.000424

Table 5. MIRs for MERDV in selected Aedes, Anopheles, Ochlerotatus and Psorophora spp. mosquitoes.

Species No. mosquitoes tested* No. pools tested (positive) MIR Study site where positive pools were collected
Aedes aegypti 419 20 (0) 0 Tixkokob, Merida, Cozumel Island, Sian Ka'an and Tzucacab
Anopheles albimanus 727 20 (0) 0 Tixkokob, Merida, Cozumel Island, Sian Ka'an and Tzucacab
Anopheles crucians 691 20 (0) 0 Tixkokob, Merida, Cozumel Island, Sian Ka'an and Tzucacab
Anopheles vestitipennis 913 20 (0) 0 Tixkokob, Merida, Cozumel Island, Sian Ka'an and Tzucacab
Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus 1000 20 (3) 3.0 Cozumel Island
Ochlerotatus trivittatus 734 20 (3) 4.1 Cozumel Island, Merida and Tzucacab
Psorophora cyanescens 1000 20 (0) 0 Tixkokob, Merida, Cozumel Island, Sian Ka'an and Tzucacab
Total 5484 140 (6)
*

All mosquitoes were female.

Expressed as the number of positive mosquito pools per 1000 mosquitoes tested.

Mosquitoes were collected using mosquito magnets at five study sites (Tixkokob, Merida, Cozumel Island, Sian Ka'an and Tzucacab) in 2007–2008.