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Table 4 Mosquito species collected, CHIKV-positive pools and the MIR

From: Probable contribution of Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes to the circulation of chikungunya virus during an outbreak in Mombasa County, Kenya, 2017–2018

Species

Sex

No. of mosquitoes

% of total mosquitoes

No. of pools

CHIKV-positive pools

MIR

Ae. aegypti

F

333

4.82

54

1

3.0

Ae. aegypti

M

578

8.38

61

0

Ae. vittatus

F

866

12.55

54

0

Ae. vittatus

M

271

3.93

20

0

Ae. simpsoni

F

1

0.01

1

0

Ae. pembaensis

F

9

0.13

7

0

Aedes spp.

F

20

0.29

11

0

Aedes spp.

M

42

0.61

6

0

Ae. tricholabis

F

11

0.16

6

0

An. gambie

F

2

0.03

2

0

Cx. quinquefasciatus

F

2511

36.4

131

2

0.8

Cx. quinquefasciatus

M

1981

28.71

112

2

1.0

Cx. vansomereni

F

3

0.04

3

0

Cx. vansomereni

M

5

0.07

2

0

Cx. annulioris

F

35

0.51

13

0

Cx. univittatus

F

54

0.78

5

0

Cx. poicilipes

F

1

0.01

1

0

Cx. zombaensis

F

86

1.25

15

0

Cx. zombaensis

M

80

1.16

11

0

Culex spp.

F

1

0.01

2

0

Er. chrysogaster

F

3

0.04

2

0

Er. chrysogaster

M

1

0.01

1

0

Mn. uniformis

F

3

0.04

3

0

Mn. africana

F

2

0.03

2

0

Total

 

6899

100

524

5

  1. The minimum infection rate was highest among Ae. aegypti mosquitoes and lowest in female Cx. quinquefasciatus
  2. F female, M male, MIR minimum infection rate