Table 1 Blood-fed mosquitoes captured and testing results per sampling
From: Blood-feeding ecology of mosquitoes in two zoological gardens in the United Kingdom
Sampling | Blood-feds/total captureda (%) | PCR positives (%)b | Sequencing matches (%)c | Identified hosts (%)d | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BG-Mosquitaire | CDC-Gravid | Resting Trap | Aspiration | Total | Birds | Non-human mammals | Humans | Total | Mixed hosts | |||
Chester Zoo 2017 | 132/3424 (3.9) | 81/2593 (3.1) | – | – | 213/6017 (3.5) | 95 (44.6) | 75 (78.9) | 31 (38.8) | 9 (11.3) | 40 (50.0) | 80 (100) | 5 (6.6) |
Chester Zoo 2018 | 185/1988 (9.3) | 60/545 (11) | – | – | 245/2533 (9.7) | 56 (22.9) | 45 (80.4) | 24 (52.2) | 5 (10.9) | 17 (37.0) | 46 (100) | 1 (2.2) |
Chester Zoo 2019 | 39/1505 (2.6)e | 43/971 (4.4) | 12/65 (18.5) | 13/59 (22) | 107/2600 (4.1) | 23 (21.5) | 20 (86.9) | 18 (90.0) | 0 (0) | 2 (10.0) | 20 (100) | 0 (0) |
Flamingo Land 2017 | 46/862 (5.3) | 29/186 (15.6) | – | – | 75/1048 (7.2) | 30 (40) | 19 (63.3) | 1 (5.3) | 6 (31.6) | 12 (63.2) | 19 (100) | 0 (0) |
Total | 402/7779 (5.2) | 213/4295 (4.9) | 12/65 (18.5) | 13/59 (22) | 640/12,198 (5.2) | 204 (31.9) | 159 (77.9) | 74 (44.8) | 20 (12.1) | 71 (43.0) | 165 (100) | 6 (3.6) |