Table 3.
Maximum likelihood estimate (MLE) for epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) and 95% confidence intervals from five species of Culicoides captured in CDC traps with and without light from 2016 to 2018 at the Bob R. Jones Idlewild Research Station near Clinton, LA
| Species | EHDV with light | EHDV no light | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. + pools (#spm.)a | MLE (CI)b | No. + pools (#spm) | MLE (CI) | |
| C. crepuscularis | 1 (51) | 21.6 (0.9–77.9) | 1 (24) | 47.2 (3.9–271.7) |
| C. debilipalpis | 1 (301) | 3.9 (0.2–19.1) | 0 (398) | na |
| C. haematopotus | 2 (25) | 70.9 (13.3–211.4) | 0 (17) | na |
| C. stellifer | 4 (872) | 3.7 (1.2–8.8) | 1 (441) | 4.4 (0.2–21.1) |
| C. venustus | 8 (308) | 26.9 (12.6–50.9) | 0 (29) | na |
| Total | 16 (1557) | 9.4 (5.6–14.8) | 2 (909) | 2.8 (0.5–9.1) |
aThe number of RT-qPCR-positive pools for EHDV (no. + pools) and the number of specimens (#spm.) tested
bMLE = bias-corrected maximum likelihood estimate of the infection rate and CI = 95% confidence intervals calculated using PooledInfRate software