Volume 29, Number 1—January 2023
Dispatch
Survey of West Nile and Banzi Viruses in Mosquitoes, South Africa, 2011–2018
Table 2
Site | Virus | Positive pool ID | No. mosquitoes† | Morphologic ID‡ | Molecular ID§ | MIR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boschkop |
WNV | GAU11MP26 | 2 | Culex pipiens sensu lato | Not done | 0.72 |
WNV |
GAU17MP72 |
33 |
Cx. univittatus |
Cx. univittatus |
||
Kruger National Park |
WNV | KNP17MP714 | 4 | Cx. simpsoni | Cx. simpsoni | 1.23 |
WNV | KNP17MP718 | 36 | Cx. univittatus | Cx perexiguus | ||
WNV |
KNP17MP720 |
1 |
Cx. bitaeniorhynchus |
Cx. bitaeniorhynchus |
||
Kyalami |
WNV | KYA11MP11 | 14 | Cx. univittatus | Not done | 2.53 |
WNV | KYA11MP13 | 10 | Cx. pipiens s.l. | Not done | ||
WNV | KYA14MP133 | 10 | Cx. univittatus | Cx. univittatus | ||
WNV | KYA14MP134 | 19 | Cx. univittatus | Cx. univittatus | ||
WNV |
KYA14MP115 |
5 |
Cx. theileri |
Cx. theileri |
||
Lapalala |
WNV | LAP13LP71 | 44 | Anopheles spp. | Not done | 1.01 |
WNV | LAP13LP28 | 50 | Anopheles spp. | Not done | ||
WNV | LAP13LP22 | 50 | Aedes spp. | Not done | ||
WNV |
LAP14MP394 |
2 |
Cx. univittatus |
Cx. univittatus |
||
Marakele |
WNV | MAR13MP77 | 50 | Cx. poicilipes | Not done | 0.33 |
WNV |
MAR15MP18 |
1 |
An. gambiae s.l. |
An. gambiae s.l. |
||
Lapalala | BANV | LAP13MP25 | 49 | Cx. spp. | Cx. rubinotus | 0.83 |
BANV | LAP13MP26 | 50 | Cx. spp. | Cx. annulioris |
*BANV, Banzi virus; ID, identification; MIR, minimum infection rate; WNV, West Nile virus. †Number of mosquitoes in each positive pool. ‡Species of mosquito identified by morphologic characteristics. §Species of mosquito identified by sequencing the COX1 gene.
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