Volume 7, Number 4—August 2001
THEME ISSUE
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus
Mosquito Surveillance for West Nile Virus in Connecticut, 2000: Isolation from Culex pipiens, Cx. restuans, Cx. salinarius, and Culiseta melanura
Theodore G. Andreadis
, John F. Anderson, and Charles R. Vossbrinck
, John F. Anderson, and Charles R. Vossbrinck
Table 1
Total number of mosquito species trapped and tested for West Nile virus in Connecticut, June 1-October 26, 2000
| Mosquito species | No. locations | No. collected and tested | No. pools |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aedes cinereus | 104 | 9,195 | 641 |
| Ae. vexans | 125 | 8,310 | 622 |
| Anopheles barberi | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| An. crucians | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| An. punctipennis | 126 | 2,477 | 516 |
| An. quadrimaculatus | 35 | 98 | 53 |
| An. walkeri | 31 | 380 | 82 |
| Coquillettidia perturbans | 95 | 11,516 | 536 |
| Culex pipiens | 125 | 4,399 | 473 |
| Cx. restuans | 84 | 4,690 | 468 |
| Cx. salinarius | 100 | 6,673 | 466 |
| Cx. territans | 26 | 46 | 36 |
| Culiseta melanura | 108 | 8,105 | 625 |
| Cs. morsitans | 39 | 271 | 79 |
| Ochlerotatus abserratus | 57 | 1,605 | 136 |
| Oc. atropalpus | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Oc. aurifer | 56 | 3,164 | 187 |
| Oc. canadensis | 101 | 29,172 | 1,141 |
| Oc. cantator | 79 | 3,514 | 322 |
| Oc. communis | 5 | 127 | 8 |
| Oc. excrucians | 59 | 921 | 146 |
| Oc. grossbecki | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Oc. japonicus | 82 | 690 | 250 |
| Oc. sollicitans | 21 | 1,855 | 90 |
| Oc. sticticus | 63 | 9,054 | 327 |
| Oc. stimulans | 30 | 257 | 51 |
| Oc. taeniorhynchus | 13 | 5,978 | 153 |
| Oc. triseriatus | 113 | 1,711 | 418 |
| Oc. trivittatus | 119 | 19,260 | 761 |
| Orthopodomyia signifera | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Psorophora ferox | 82 | 2,361 | 233 |
| Uranotaenia sapphirina |
99 |
1,352 |
252 |
| Totals | 137,199 | 9,085 |
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