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Table 1 Prevalence of Wolbachia in mosquito species collected from different provinces of Sri Lanka

From: Distribution and phylogeny of Wolbachia strains in wild mosquito populations in Sri Lanka

Mosquito species

Province

Total

% infected

C

W

E

N

NW

SG

S

Aedes aegypti

0/17

0/2

0/1

0/10

0/10

–

–

0/40

0.0

Aedes albopictus

33/33

1/29

–

–

9/29

10/10

9/26

62/127

48.8

Aedes vittatus

–

–

–

–

0/2

–

–

0/2

0.0

Anopheles speciesa

0/1

–

0/35

–

0/46

–

–

0/82

0.0

Armigeres subalbatus

4/4

–

–

–

 

–

3/3

7/7

100.0

Culex annulirostris

–

–

–

–

–

–

0/2

0/2

0.0

Culex gelidus

–

–

0/4

–

–

–

0/2

0/6

0.0

Culex mimulus

–

–

–

–

0/5

–

–

0/5

0.0

Culex quinquefasciatus

5/17

–

0/13

–

8/17

–

2/3

15/50

30.0

Culex triteaneorynchus

–

–

0/2

–

–

–

0/1

0/3

0.0

Mansonia uniformis

–

–

–

–

–

–

3/3

3/3

100.0

Mimomia elegans

0/1

–

–

–

–

–

–

0/1

0.0

Uranotaenia rutherfordi

0/2

–

–

–

–

–

–

0/2

0.0

Total

42/75

1/31

0/55

0/10

17/109

10/10

17/40

87/330

26.36

  1. Abbreviations: C Central, W Western, S Southern, N Northern, E Eastern, SG Sabaragamuwa, NW North-Western
  2. a Anopheles species: Anopheles barbirostris (n = 10), An. jamesii (n = 13), An. karwari (n = 4), An. pallidus (n = 2), An. peditaeniatus (n = 15), An. subpictus (n = 18), An. tessellatus (n = 6), An. varuna (n = 7), An. vegus (n = 7)