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. 2021 Apr 27;21(5):305–320. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2020.2671

Table 2.

Mosquitoes and Arthropod Vectors Naturally Infected with Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Reported in 127 Articles Across North America (Including the Caribbean) Between 1947 and 2018

Vector species No. of articles
United States
 Mosquitoes
  Aedes albopictusa 3
  Aedes atlanticus 2
  Aedes atlanticus/tormentor 1
  Aedes canadensisa 19
  Aedes cantatora 2
  Aedes cinereus 4
  Aedes infirmatus 3
  Aedes japonicasa 2
  Aedes mitchellae 1
  Aedes sollicitansa 2
  Aedes taeniorhynchusa 2
  Aedes triseriatusa 2
  Aedes trivittatus 2
  Aedes vexansa 14
  Anopheles crucians 11
  Anopheles punctipennisa 5
  Anopheles quadrimaculatusa 7
  Anopheles walkeri 1
  Coquillettidia perturbansa 27
  Culex erraticusa 9
  Culex (melanoconion) spp. 1
  Culex nigripalpus 6
  Culex peccator 1
  Culex pipiens 3
  Culex pipiens/restuans 9
  Culex restuans 3
  Culex salinariusa 10
  Culex spp., not specified 6
  Culex territans 2
  Culiseta melanoconion 1
  Culiseta melanuraa 71
  Culiseta minnesotae 1
  Culiseta morsitans 14
  Mosquito spp., not specified 36
  Psorophora ferox 3
  Uranotaenia sapphirina 5
 Arthropods
  Culicoides (sp. not specified) 1
  Dermanyssus gallinae 1
  Menacanthus stramineus 1
Canada
 Mosquitoes
  A. vexans 1
  C. perturbans 2
  C. melanura 3
Caribbean
 Mosquitoes
  Culex nigripalpus 2
  Culex taeniopus 3
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Mosquito species that have been used in transmission and/or competence studies. Other species including Aedes aegypti, Aedes atropalpus, and Culex taeniopus have been used in transmission and/or competence studies, but there have been no articles reporting natural infection of EEEV in these mosquitoes.