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Table 2 Culex pipiens and Ochlerotatus caspius collected using dog- and human- bait traps and number and proportion (%) of fed (dog) or landed (man) mosquitoes according to site and night of collection (*)

From: Risk of canine and human exposure to Dirofilaria immitis infected mosquitoes in endemic areas of Italy

 

Culex pipiens pipiens

Ochlerotatus caspius

Site

Date

Dog

Man§

Dog

Man§

 

dd/mm/yy

fed/tot

%

landed/tot

%

fed/tot

%

landed/tot

%

Site A

05/08/97

2/12

16.7

0/11.5

0.0

0

-

0

-

(Udine)

13/08/97

10/15

66.7 a

26.5/45.5

58.2 a

0

-

0

-

 

20/08/97

1/9

11.1

3.5/8

43.8

0

-

0

-

 

17/09/97

3/6

50.0

1.5/3

50.0

0

-

0

-

 

22/09/97

1/8

12.5

4/10

40.0

0

-

0

-

 

25/09/97

5/7

71.4 b

2/7.5

26.7 b

0

-

0

-

 

total

22/57

38.6 A

38/85.5

44.4 CD

0

-

0

-

Site B

29/07/98

84/84

100.0c

9.5/68.5

13.9c

0

-

2/2

100.0

(Padova)

10/08/98

64/67

95.5d

2/4.5

44.4d

0

-

3.5/3.5

100.0

 

20/08/98

7/7

100.0

1/1

100.0

0

-

0/0.5

0.0

 

26/08/98

3/3

100.0

0/0

0.0

0

-

0

-

 

23/09/98

0/1

0.0

0/0.5

0.0

0

-

0

-

 

total

158/162

97.5eAB

12.5/74.5

16.8 eC

0

-

5.5/6

91.7

Site C

23/06/99

20/36

55.6f

4.5/75.5

6.0f

6/7

85.7

0.5/2.5

20.0

(Rovigo)

29/06/99

6/8

75.0

10.5/24.5

42.9

0

-

4.5/5.5

81.8

 

14/07/99

2/35

5.7

1/7.5

13.3

6/6

100.0

10/17

58.8

 

27/07/99

16/19

84.2g

21.5/69

31.2g

6/7

85.7

17.5/21.5

81.4

 

19/08/99

7/10

70.0

1.5/7.5

20.0

0

-

3/5

60.0

 

15/09/99

0/2

0.0

0/0

-

0

-

0

-

 

total

51/110

46.4 iB

39/184

21.2 iD

18/20

90

35.5/51.5

68.9

  1. (*) equal letters correspond to significant difference, p < 0.01 (uppercase = comparison within the same host species at the three sites, vertical; lowercase = comparison among dog/humans at the same site, horizontal).
  2. (§) landed and total number of mosquitoes collected per person.