Table 1 Mosquito taxa collected in Moldova between 2010 and 2015 with information on the number of screened mosquito specimens, tested pools, Dirofilaria spp. screening results and estimated infection rates (EIR) per 100 mosquito specimens with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (95% CI)
From: Circulation of Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria immitis in Moldova
Mosquito species | No. of mosquito specimens | No. of pools | No. of positive pools (% of tested pools per species) | No. of D. repens-positive pools (% of tested pools per species) | EIR (95% CI) | No. of D. immitis-positive pools (% of tested pools per species) | EIR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Culex pipiens (s.l.)/torrentium | 2,663 | 132 | 32 (24.24) | 22 (16.66) | 0.88 (0.57–1.30) | 12 (9.09) | 0.47 (0.25–0.79) |
Anopheles maculipennis (s.l.) | 947 | 62 | 37 (59.67) | 31 (50.00) | 4.91 (3.43–6.95) | 16 (25.80) | 2.01 (1.20–3.20) |
Aedes vexans | 314 | 33 | 5 (15.15) | 5 (15.15) | 1.68 (0.65–3.68) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) |
Culex modestus | 203 | 25 | 6 (24.00) | 6 (24.00) | 3.26 (1.45–6.60) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) |
Uranotaenia unguiculata | 119 | 8 | 1 (12.50) | 1 (12.50) | 0.81 (0.05–3.94) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) |
Aedes annulipes | 51 | 10 | 3 (30.00) | 3 (30.00) | 6.96 (2.06–19.19) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) |
Culiseta annulata | 38 | 13 | 4 (30.76) | 4 (30.76) | 11.34 (4.02–25.12) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) |
Aedes caspius | 26 | 13 | 6 (46.15) | 6 (46.15) | 22.64 (11.15–39.32) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) |
Aedes geniculatus | 26 | 10 | 2 (20.00) | 2 (20.00) | 7.45 (1.47–21.85) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) |
Aedes sticticus | 24 | 7 | 1 (14.28) | 1 (14.28) | 4.43 (0.26–20.71) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) |
Coquillettidia richiardii | 19 | 11 | 3 (27.27) | 3 (27.27) | 16.25 (4.64–37.89) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) |
Aedes cantans | 15 | 5 | 2 (40.00) | 2 (40.00) | 14.84 (2.87–43.95) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) |
Aedes riparius | 9 | 4 | 2 (50.00) | 2 (50.00) | 31.20 (6.08–84.92) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) |
Aedes dorsalis | 7 | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) |
Anopheles plumbeus | 4 | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) |
Culiseta longiareolata | 4 | 4 | 2 (50.00) | 2 (50.00) | 50.00 (10.55–89.45) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) |
Aedes cataphylla | 3 | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) |
Anopheles claviger | 3 | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) |
Aedes behningi | 2 | 2 | 1 (50.00) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) | 1 (50.00) | 50.00 (3.26–96.74) |
Anopheles pseudopictus | 2 | 1 | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 50.00 (0.00–100.00) | 1 (100) | 50.00 (0.00–100.00) |
Aedes flavescens | 1 | 1 | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 100.00 (100.00–100.00) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) |
Aedes cinereus/geminus | 1 | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) | 0 (0) | 0 (−) |
Total | 4,481 | 347 | 109 (31.41) | 92 (26.51) | 30 (8.64) |