Larval ecology of mosquitoes in sylvatic arbovirus foci in southeastern Senegal

Parasites & Vectors

Table 6 Coefficients of interspecific association (C ₇ ) for the most common mosquito species in foci of sylvatic arbovirus in Kédougou from June – December 2010

	*aegypti*	*furcifer*	*longi*	*luteo*	*taylori*	*unilin*	*vittatus*	*cinerus*	*decens*	*nebulo*	*perfus*	*chryso*
furcifer	0.06
longi	0.05	0.1
luteo	0.2	0.5***	0.1
taylori	0.07	0.4***	0.4***	0.4***
unilin	0.08	−0.1	−0.4	0.3**	0.04
vittatus	−0.3	0.01	−0.2	−0.7	−0.4	−0.06
cinerus	0.1	−0.04	0.2*	0.04	0.3***	−0.4	0.01
decens	0.1	−0.1	−1	−01	−0.5	−0.3	0.09	0.02
nebulo	0.3*	0.03	0.06	0.08	0.1	0.1	−0.7	0.4***	−0.03
perfus	0.4	−1	−1	−1	−0.5	−0.2	0.1	−1	0.5***	−1
chryso	0.3	−0.3	−0.7**	−0.6**	−0.5**	−0.1	−0.4	−0.6**	−1*	−0.3	−0.7
tritaenio	−0.2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	1

Aegypti = Ae. aegypti, furcifer = Ae. furcifer, longi = Ae. longipalpis, luteo = Ae. luteocephalus, taylori = Ae. taylori, unilin = Ae. unilineatus, vittatus = Ae. vittatus, cinerus = Cx. cinerus, decens = Cx. decens, nebulo = Cx. nebulosus, perfus = Cx. perfuscus and tritaenio = Cx. tritaeniorynchus. Levels of significance for χ²: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01,*** p < 0.001.

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