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Table 2 Infection rates of bluetongue virus in parous Culicoides females captured in Morocco

From: First molecular evidence of potential Culicoides vectors implicated in bluetongue virus transmission in Morocco

Species

Tested specimens

Batch sizes

MIR in %

95% CI (%)

MLE in %

95% CI (%)

C. imicola

579

[30–40]

2.6

1.3–3.9

7.5

2.5–12.5

C. paolae

641

[16–46]

1.9

0.8–2.9

3.5

1.4–5.5

C. newsteadi

381

[32–40]

2.4

0.8–3.9

5.8

1.3–10.3

Culicoides spp.

293

[19–45]

2

0.4–3.7

4.2

0.6–7.9

C. circumscriptus

109

[19–34]

2.8

0–5.8

4.6

0–10.3

  1. MIR minimum infection rate; MLE maximum likelihood estimation; CI confidence interval
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