Table 4 Dirofilaria immitis infection of mosquitoes by sampling districts of Portugal, 2011–2013
From: First molecular identification of mosquito vectors of Dirofilaria immitis in continental Portugal
Districts | Mosquitoes collected | Mosquitoes tested | Positive PCR | Number of positive pools § | MIR | ERI | 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Specimens | Pools† | Head+thorax | Abdomen | ||||||
Coimbra | 679 | 678 | 209 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 31.0/1000 | 3.21% | 0.02–0.047 |
Santarém | 7818 | 4530 | 1208 | 13 | 19 | 25 | 5.5/1000 | 0.54% | 0.004–0.008 |
Setúbal | 659 | 658 | 398 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 12.2/1000 | 1.22% | 0.006–0.024 |
TOTAL | 9156 | 5866 | 1815 | 23 | 41 | 54 | 9.2/1000 | 0.91% | 0.007–0.012 |