TABLE II. Human blood index (HBI) of Japanese encephalitis (JE) vector mosquitoes collected from JE/acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) outbreak villages.
Sl. no | Species | Total tested | Number positive to human | HBI |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Culex bitaeniorhynchus | 58 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Cx. fuscocephalus | 11 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Cx. gelidus | 15 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Cx. tritaeniorhynchus | 57 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Cx. vishnui | 70 | 1 | 0.014 |
6 | Cx. whitmorei | 48 | 1 | 0.021 |
Total | 259 | 2 | 0.008 |