Table 6 Maximum likelihood estimate (MLE) for bluetongue virus (BTV) and 95% confidence intervals from five species of Culicoides captured in CDC traps with and without light from 2016 to 2018 at the Bob R. Jones Idlewild Research Station near Clinton, LA

C. crepuscularis

1 (51)

16.7 (0.9–79.1)

0 (24)

na

C. debilipalpis

3 (301)

12.1 (3.2–32.7)

4 (398)

9.5 (3.1–22.8)

C. haematopotus

2 (25)

76.9 (13.8–238.8)

1 (17)

73.4 (4.2–311.5)

C. stellifer

3 (872)

2.7 (0.7–7.4)

3 (441)

13.4 (3.6–35.9)

C. venustus

2 (308)

9.5 (2.5–25.6)

2 (29)

168.9 (30.4–325.6)

Total

11 (1557)

6.9 (3.8–11.6)

10 (909)

14.2 (7.4–24.9)