Wolbachia infection rates in
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes collected from Belvedere (BEL), Flying Fish Point (FFP), Innisfail East (IAE), Innisfail Estate (IES), Mundoo (MUN) and Wangan (WAN) (
A) and Innisfail (INN), Mourilyan (MOU) and South Johnstone (SJO) (
B) during release (triangles) and post-release (circles) monitoring periods (
Wolbachia infected adult releases were undertaken in BEL, FFP, IAE, IES, MUN, WAN, INN, MOU and SJO every week for 14–16 weeks between Mar–Jun 2017, Week number 1 corresponds to commencement of
Wolbachia mosquito releases). In INN, MOU and SJO,
wAlbB infected male-only
Ae. aegypti mosquito releases were undertaken between weeks 41–66 in INN and SJO, and between weeks 39–66 in MOU. Shaded horizontal bars correspond to
wAlbB male release period. Estimation of weekly
wMel
Wolbachia mosquito infection rates excluded
wAlbB males from the calculation.