Table 1 Mosquito pools and their positivity for Dirofilaria spp. according to mosquito species, sampling month and province
From: Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens in mosquitoes from Corsica Island, France
Variables | Specimens (n; m; k; SE) | Dirofilaria immitis | Dirofilaria repens | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive pools | MIR | EIR | P-value P-valuea | Positive pools | MIR | EIR | P-value P-valuea | ||
Mosquito species | |||||||||
Ochlerotatus caspius | (1432; 77; 18.6; 0.5) | 6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | ref. | 2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ref. |
Aedes albopictus | (199; 15; 13.3; 2.2) | 6 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 0.0001 | 0 | na | na | 0.707 |
Aedes vexans | (6; 3; 2.0; 0.6) | 0 | na | na | 0.757 | 0 | na | na | 0.566 |
Culex pipiens | (165; 14; 11.8; 2.1) | 1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.207 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.125 |
Sampling month | |||||||||
September | (1496; 83; 18; 0.6) | 8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | ref. | 2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ref. |
July | (139; 12; 11.6; 2.3) | 3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 0.406 | 0 | na | na | 0.701 |
June | (167; 14; 11.9; 2.5) | 2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.829 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.197 |
Province | |||||||||
Solaro | (1606; 83; 19.4; 0.3) | 12 | 0.7 | 0.8 | ref. | 3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ref. |
Aleria | (83; 9; 9.2; 3.1) | 0 | na | na | 0.084 | 0 | na | na | 0.092 |
Solenzara | (88; 9; 9.8; 2.6) | 1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.211 | 0 | na | na | 0.232 |
Borgo | (25; 8; 3.1; 0.8) | 0 | na | na | 0.025 | 0 | na | na | 0.192 |
Global infection rate | (1802; 109; 11.4; 0.7) | 13 | 0.7 | 1.1 | na | 3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | na |
Statistics | ANCOVA: R2(100) = 0.193 | ANCOVA: R2(100) = 0.064 | |||||||
ANCOVA: F(8,108) = 2.993, Pb = 0.005 | ANCOVA: F(8,108) = 0.861, Pb = 0.552 | ||||||||