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. 2016 Oct 3;111(10):625–634. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760160096

TABLE. Morphospecies, pools tested, viruses detected, and minimum infection rates (MIRs) by mosquito species.

Mosquito species Mosquito tested Pools tested Arboviruses identified in positive pools MIR*
Culex spp. 10011 816 VEEV (8) SLEV (1) WNV (2) CxFv (2) 0.799 0.099 0.199 0.199
Deinocerites atlanticus aff. 6015 582 VEEV (2) 0.332
Mansonia titillans 1887 259 VEEV (3) SLEV (1) 1.59 0.529
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti 1150 107 DENV2 (4) 3.47
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus 1019 99 CxFv (4) 3.92
Haemagogus sp. (Splendens section) 757 78 YFV (1) 1.32
Psorophora (Grabhamia) confinnis 622 71 VEEV (1) 1.61
Aedes scapularis 512 62 VEEV (1) 1.95
Aedeomyia squamipennis 83 11 - -
Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus 72 9 - -
Anopheles aquasalis 35 5 - -
Anopheles neomaculipalpus 17 3 - -

Total 22180 2102 6 (30) -

*: MIR per 1000 mosquitoes. VEEV (Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus); SLEV (St. Louis encephalitis virus); WNV (West Nile virus); CxFV (Culex flavivirus); YFV (yellow fever virus); and DENV (dengue virus).