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. 2016 Dec 3;9:627. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1916-4

Table 2.

Prevalence and estimated infection rates (EIR) of both Dirofilaria species per 100 mosquito specimens with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for the three sampling methods

Indoor resting mosquito collections CDC trap Human landing
No. of pools tested negative (percentage of all tested pools per sampling method) 57 (69.51) 111 (66.07) 70 (72.16)
No. of pools tested positive for D. repens (percentage of all tested pools per sampling method) 15 (18.29) 40 (23.81) 24 (24.74)
No. of pools tested positive for D. immitis (percentage of all tested pools per sampling method) 7 (8.54) 7 (4.17) 3 (3.09)
No. of pools tested positive for both Dirofilaria species (percentage of all tested pools per sampling method) 3 (3.66) 10 (5.95) 0 (0.00)
EIR for D. repens (95% CI) 1.33 (0.82–2.05) 2.98 (2.26–3.86) 3.03 (2.05–4.35)
EIR for D. immitis (95% CI) 0.69 (0.35–1.21) 0.89 (0.54–1.40) 0.33 (0.09–0.89)