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. 2020 Jun 30;40(3):507–515. doi: 10.7705/biomedica.5200

Table 2. Mosquito species identified in different types of discarded tires in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic (June-August 2018).

Species Tire-size class *
Tractor Car Truck Tractor Total
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) CI (%)*
C. quinquefasciatus 0 240 (20.3) 62 (7.8) 34 (7.9) 336 (14.0) 4.3
C. corniger 0 7 (0.6) 0 0 7 (0.3) 0.2
C. atratus 0 14 (1.2) 0 0 14 (0.6) 0.2
C. secutor 0 6 (0.5) 0 0 6 (0.2) 0.5
C. nigripalpus 0 2 (0.2) 0 71 (16.5) 73 (3.0) 0.7
T. portoricensis 0 70 5.9) 0 0 70 (3.0) 0.2
A. albonotatus 0 47 (4.0) 0 0 47 (1.9) 1.3
A. aegypti 0 313 (26.5) 300 (38.0) 212 (49.2) 825 (34.3) 11.6
A. albopictus 0 467 (39.6) 436 (55.2) 114 (26.4) 1,017 (42.3) 7.6
An. grabhamii 0 1 (0.1) 0 0 1 (0.1) 0.2
An. crucians 0 4 (0.3) 0 0 4 (0.2) 0.2
Total 0 1,179 790 431 2,400 (100) 14.4

* Container Index