Table 4.
The infection status of the studied mosquito genera by multiplex PCR simultaneously holding Wolbachia and filarial parasites
|
Culex spp. |
Anopheles pharoensis |
Aedes caspius |
Mosquito pool positive for Wolbachia and filaria |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. tested pools | No. of positive pools | ERI (%) | No. tested pools | No. of positive pools | ERI (%) | No. of tested pools | No. of positive pools | ERI (%) | No. tested pools | No. of positive pools | ERI (%) | |
| W. bancrofti | 46 | 2 | 0.17a | 3 | 1 | 1.6 | 4 | - | - | 53 | 3 | 0.23a,b |
| D. repens | 46 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 53 | 1 | 0.07a |
| D. immitis | 46 | 1 | 0.08a | 3 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 53 | 1 | 0.07b |
Only tested pools proved to be positive for Wolbachia were used in this calculation.
a,b
Same letter means significant difference between them.