Volume 9, Number 1—January 2003
Research
Natural Enzootic Vectors of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus in the Magdalena Valley, Colombia
Cristina Ferro*, Jorge Boshell*, Abelardo C. Moncayo†, Marta Gonzalez*, Marta L. Ahumada*, Wenli Kang†, and Scott C. Weaver†
Table 1
Mosquito collections from hamster-baited trap no. 164
| April 8, 1999 | April 9, 1999 | April 10, 1999 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species |
Fraction of pools positive |
Pool titers |
Species |
Fraction of pools positive |
Pool titers |
Species |
Fraction of pools positive |
Pool titers |
| Culex (Melanoconion) pedroi | 0/1 | NTa | Cx. (Mel.) pedroi | 1/1 | 3.3 | Cx. (Mel.) pedroi | 1/1 | 5.9 |
| Cx. (Mel.) spissipes | 0/1 | NT | Cx. (Mel.) spissipes | 0/1 | NT | Cx. (Mel.) spissipes | 1/1 | 4.7 |
| Cx. (Mel.) vomerifer | 0/1 | NT | Cx. (Mel.) crybda | 0/1 | NT | Cx. (Mel.) ferreri | 1/1 | 4.8 |
| Cx. (Mel.) adamesi | 0/1 | NT | Cx. (Mel.) vomeriferb | 1/1 | 5.8 | Cx. (Mel.) vomerifer | 1/1 | 5.5 |
| Aedes serratus | 0/1 | NT | Cx. (Mel.) adamesi | 0/1 | NT | Cx. (Mel.) adamesi | 1/1 | 5.1 |
| Cx. (Cx.) nigripalpus | 0/1 | NT | Ae. serratus | 1/1 | <2 | Ae. serratus | 1/1 | 5.2 |
| Cx. (Ae.) amazonensis | 0/1 | NT | Cx. (Cx.) nigripalpus | 0/1 | NT | Cx. (Cx.) nigripalpus | 1/1 | 5.2 |
| Coquilletidia venezuelensis | 0/1 | NT | Cx. (Ae.) amazonensis | 0/1 | NT | Cx. (Ae.) amazonensis | 1/1 | 4.9 |
| Ae. fulvus | 0/1 | NT | Ae. fulvus | 0/1 | NT | Cx (Ae.) accelerans | 1/1 | 4.5 |
| Mansonia titillans | 1/1 | 5.2 |
aNT, not tested.
bIncriminated vector pool.
