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. 2020 May 21;15(5):e0227160. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227160

Table 2. Annual human WNV cases, average seasonal mosquito infection rate (MIR), and mosquito testing from 2005 to 2016 in Cook and DuPage counties.

Year Number of human cases Average MIR Number of pools tested Number of positive pools Total number of mosquitoes tested
2005 181 5.33 7,165 1,939 271,235
2006 129 5.35 9,428 1,984 318,386
2007 43 2.65 12,131 1,259 375,520
2008 10 1.91 9,024 587 298,995
2009 1 1.14 9,450 298 311,220
2010 47 5.19 11,491 2,086 393,279
2011 24 3.10 8,911 939 287,774
2012 229 7.35 10,162 3,182 323,497
2013 66 4.26 11,078 1,967 407,326
2014 31 2.97 9,273 990 333,489
2015 36 3.57 7,725 1,046 314,363
2016 108 6.34 6,144 1,687 219,909

MIR = Mosquito infection rate; WNV = West Nile virus