Volume 27, Number 12—December 2021
Dispatch
Potential Mosquito Vectors for Shuni Virus, South Africa, 2014–2018
Table 1
Species | No. assayed | No. pools positive/no. pools tested | Infection rate, % (95% CI)* |
---|---|---|---|
Anopheles pharoensis |
27 |
1/4 |
39.0 (2.4–212.0) |
Culex theileri | 508 | 1/22 | 1.9 (0.1–9.0) |
Cx. annulioris |
120 |
1/7 |
6.7 (0.5–33.6) |
Mansonia africana | 340 | 3/13 | 8.7 (2.6–23.3) |
Ma. uniformis |
2,428 |
2/62 |
0.8 (0.1–2.7) |
Aedes subargenteus | 1 | 1/1 | Not applicable† |
Ae. mcintoshi | 3,653 | 1/87 | 0.3 (0.0–1.3) |
Aedes spp. |
273 |
1/25 |
3.6 (0.2–17.2) |
Total | 7,350 | 11/221 |
*Maximum-likelihood estimation: no. positive/no. mosquitoes assayed × 1,000. †When all pools tested were positive for Shuni virus, the likelihood methods failed.
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