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Table 4 Mosquito specimens pooled and tested for Eastern equine encephalitis virus in New York State, 1993 to 2012

From: Twenty years of surveillance for Eastern equine encephalitis virus in mosquitoes in New York State from 1993 to 2012

Year

All mosquito speciesa

Cs. melanura

No. of specimens

No. of pools

No. of EEEV-positive pools (%)

No. of specimens

No. of pools

No. of EEEV-positive pools (%)

1993b

119,280

1482b

6 (0.34)

67,165

1013b

6 (0.5)

1994

275,262

4101

68 (1.66)

43,584

735

62 (8.4)

1995

127,866

2301

0

12,245

449

0

1996

266,685

4659

29 (0.62)

22,766

668

25 (0.04)

1997

140,189

2358

5 (0.21)

19,834

512

5 (0.01)

1998

111,140

1954

0

19,322

385

0

1999

102,755

1911

0

9056

319

0

2000c

252,003

7871c

0

14,529

395c

0

2001

191,981

6360

0

11,349

361

0

2002

194,906

6738

0

6524

222

0

2003

249,554

7714

10 (0.13)

9190

286

9 (3.15)

2004

209,362

6773

17 (0.26)

10,255

302

13 (4.63)

2005

196,371

7178

5 (0.07)

4976

199

4 (2.01)

2006

216,924

6895

68 (0.99)

16,111

482

66 (13.69)

2007

160,886

5155

20 (0.39)

9654

330

19 (5.76)

2008

194,988

6509

21 (0.32)

9785

347

19 (5.48)

2009d

250,396

7191d

59 (0.82)

15,189

440d

52 (11.82)

2010

249,120

7409

66 (0.89)

12,849

417

61 (14.63)

2011

241,447

6767

52 (0.77)

11,725

446

46 (10.31)

2012

208,955

5830

1 (0.02)

7763

298

1 (0.34)

Total

3,960,070

107,156

427

333,871

8606

388

  1. aMosquito species submitted for arboviral testing include Cs. melanura
  2. bPool sizes were 10–100 mosquito specimens from 1993 to 1999
  3. cPool sizes were 10–50 mosquito specimens from 2000 to 2008
  4. dPool sizes were 10–60 mosquito specimens from 2009 to 2012