. 2022 Jan 10;16(1):e0010075. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010075

Table 1. West Nile virus isolation and availability of vector competence studies for different mosquito species in Africa.

Species	Country	Virus isolation	Vector competence experiment	References
Anopheles brunnipes	Madagascar	+	-	[36 ^c,51 ^c]
Anopheles coustani	Madagascar	+	-	[56 ^b]
Anopheles maculipalpis	Madagascar	+	-	[36 ^c,51 ^c]
Anopheles pauliani	Madagascar	+	-	[56 ^b]
Anopheles scotti	Madagascar	+	-	[36 ^c,51 ^c]
Anopheles spp.	Kenya	+	-	[37 ^b]
Aedeomyia africana	Senegal	+	-	[36 ^c,38 ^a]
Aedeomyia madagascarica	Madagascar	+	-	[56 ^b]
Aedes albocephalus	Madagascar	+	-	[36 ^c]
Aedes (Aedimorphus) dalzieli	Madagascar	+	-	[56 ^b]
Aedes juppi + caballus	South Africa	+	-	[34 ^c]
Aedes vexans	Senegal	+	-	[36 ^c,39 ^a]
Aedes madagascariensis	Madagascar	+	-	[36 ^c,56 ^b]
Aedes albothorax	Kenya	+	-	[36 ^c]
Aedes circumluteolus	Madagascar, South Africa	+	-	[34 ^c,36 ^c,56 ^b]
Aedes aegypti	Madagascar	+	-	[12,35 ^a,36 ^c,51 ^c,56 ^b]
Aedes aegypti	Senegal	-	+ (KOUTV)	[12,54,55]
Aedes africanus	Central African Republic	+	-	[36 ^c]
Aedes spp.	Kenya	+	-	[37 ^b]
Aedes spp.	Senegal	+	-	[12 ^c]
Culex antennatus	Egypt, Madagascar, Senegal	+	-	[36 ^c,38 ^a,40 ^a,48 ^c]
Culex decens group	Madagascar	+	-	[36 ^c,56 ^b]
Culex ethiopicus	Ethiopia, Senegal	+	-	[36 ^c,38 ^a]
Culex guiarti	Ivory Coast	+	-	[35 ^a,36 ^c]
Culex neavei	Senegal, South Africa	+	+	[22 ^a,34 ^c,38 ^a,40 ^a]
Culex nigripes	Central African Republic	+	-	[36 ^c]
Culex perfuscus	Ivory Coast, Central African Republic, Senegal	+	-	[36 ^c]
Culex perexiguus	Algeria	+	-	[23 ^b]
Culex pipiens	South Africa, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia	+	+	[21 ^b,29,31 ^c,34 ^c,36 ^c,41 ^b,42 ^b,45 ^c,48 ^c,49 ^c]
Culex pipiens spp. torridus	Djibouti	+	-	[26 ^b]
Culex poicilipes	Senegal	+	-	[36^c,38 ^a,43 ^a]
Culex pruina	Central African Republic	+	-	[36 ^c]
Culex quinquefasciatus	Djibouti, Madagascar	+	+	[26,35 ^a,36 ^c,51 ^a]
Culex scottii	Madagascar	+	-	[36 ^c]
Culex spp.	Algeria, Kenya	+	-	[19,37 ^b,44 ^a^,^b]
Culex theileri	South Africa	+	-	[34 ^c]
Culex tritaeniorhynchus	Madagascar	+	+	[35 ^a,36 ^c,38 ^a,51 ^a]
Culex univittatus	Madagascar, Egypt, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa	+	+	[27 ^a^,^b,34 ^c,36 ^c,45^c,46 ^a,47 ^a^,^b,48 ^c,49 ^c,51 ^a]
Cx. vansomereni Edwards	Kenya	-	+	[50]
Culex weschei	Central African Republic	+	-	[36 ^c]
Coquillettidia metallica	Uganda	+	-	[36 ^c]
Coquillettidia microannulata	South Africa	+	-	[34 ^c,36 ^c]
Coquillettidia richiardii	South Africa	+	-	[34 ^c,36 ^c]
Mansonia africana	Senegal	+	+	[35 ^a,38 ^a]
Mansonia uniformis	Senegal, Ethiopia, Madagascar	+	+	[35 ^a,36 ^c,38 ^a,40 ^a,43 ^a,51 ^a,56 ^b]
Mimomyia hispida	Senegal	+	-	[36 ^c,38 ^a]
Mimomyia lacustris	Senegal	+	-	[36 ^c,38 ^a]
Mimomyia splendens	Senegal	+	-	[36 ^c,38 ^a]
Mimomyia sp.	Senegal, Kenya	+	-	[36 ^c,38 ^a]

+ At least one study report with positive results found;—no available studies

^a = “virus isolation on cell cultures / injection into suckling mice. Viruses detected by immunofluorescence assay using specific mouse immune ascitic fluids”

^b = “RNA molecular detection”

^c = “viral isolation, not specified if ^a and/or ^b”

no apical letters = studies indicating only vector competent experiments.