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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of mosquitoes caught in MosquiTRAPs (MQT) in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, between September 2012 and January 2016

From: Meteorological variables and mosquito monitoring are good predictors for infestation trends of Aedes aegypti, the vector of dengue, chikungunya and Zika

Species/ stage

Total number (%)

Range (n)

Mean ± SD

Aedes aegypti

Female

53,411 (44.0)

0–41

0.43 ± 1.10

Male

415 (0.34)

0–9

0.003 ± 0.07

Aedes albopictus

Female

3,685 (3.0)

0–13

0.03 ± 0.21

Male

361 (0.3)

0–8

0.003 ± 0.07

Culex spp.

Female

46,261 (38.1)

0–40

0.37 ± 1.10

Male

17,252 (14.2)

0–20

0.14 ± 0.67

  1. Abbreviation: SD standard deviation
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