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. 2020 Apr 1;148:e72. doi: 10.1017/S0950268820000308

Table 4.

Spatial relation between human cases of Eastern equine encephalitis and mosquito species testing positive for the Eastern equine encephalitis virus, in the four counties of Madison, Oneida, Onondaga and Oswego, in Central New York State, 1971–2012a,b

Least distance between case and site of collections of mosquito species with virus (kilometres)
Year Year (cardinal) Case (ordinal) Cs. melanura Cq. perturbans Cs. morsitans Ae. canadensis Ae. vexans
1971 1 1 0.6 c 0.6 d c
1983 12 2 5.2 c 5.2 5.2 c
2009 38 3 5.5 5.5 c 18.8 c
2010 39 4 6.9 2.7 c 21.0 c
2010 39 5 2.7 6.9 c 17.5 c
2011 40 6 10.7 13.2 23.3 41.7 41.7
a

Among all mosquito poolings having the EEE virus, 80% were collected within approximately 2 km of a wooded wetland.

b

A map of the study site has been published [9, 11].

c

This mosquito species was found in collections and tested and the virus was not detected.

d

This mosquito species was not found in collections.