Table 3 Plasmodium spp. DNA identified in collected mosquito pools (a, abdomen; t, thorax); the sites are arranged by time of sampling
Location | Sampling date | Number of positive pools per mosquito species | Total number of matched positive pools | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Introduced | Native | Unidentified | |||||||||
Aedes notoscriptus | Culex quinquefasciatus | Culex pervigilans | Opifex fuscus | Aedes antipodeus | Culex astelidae | Culex spp | Unknown spp. | ||||
Mokoia Is | March 2012 | 0/1(a) 0/1(t) | 0/1(a) 0/1(t) | 2/2(a) 2/2(t) | – | 0/1(a) 0/1(t) | – | – | – | 2/5 (40%) | |
Feb-14 | 0/2(a) 0/2(t) | 0/1(a) 0/1(t) | – | – | 0/1(a) 0/1(t) | – | 0/1(a) 1/1(t) | – | 1/5 (20%) | ||
Hen Is | November 2012 | 1/1(a) 0/1(t) | – | – | – | 0/1(a) 0/1(t) | 0/1(a) 0/1(t) | – | – | 1/3 (33%) | |
Cape Kidnappers | February 2013 | 0/1(a) 1/1(t) | – | 1/1(a) 0/1(t) | – | – | – | – | – | 2/2 (100%) | |
Whangarei Mair Park | February 2013 | 0/1(a) 0/1(t) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0/1 (0%) | |
Auckland Northshore | February 2013 | 0/1(a) 0/1(t) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0/1 (0%) | |
Bushy Park | February 2013 | 1/1(a) 1/1(t) | – | 3/3(a) 1/3(t) | – | 0/1(a) 0/1(t) | – | – | 2/2(a) 0/2(t) | 6/7 (86%) | |
February 2014 | 0/1(a) 0/1(t) | – | 0/2(a) 1/2(t) | – | 0/1(a) 0/1(t) | – | – | – | 1/4 (25%) | ||
Titahi Bay | March 2013 | – | – | – | 1/2(a) 0/2(t) | – | – | – | – | 1/2 (50%) | |
Cuvier Island | April 2013 | 0/3(a) 0/3(t) | – | – | 0/2(a) 0/2(t) | – | – | – | – | 0/5 (0%) | |
Palmerston North | January 2014 | 10/35(a) 8/35(t) | 1/1(a) 0/1(t) | 2/2(a) 1/2(t) | – | – | – | – | 1/2(a) 1/2(t) | 14/40 (35%) | |
Total matched pools Total pools (a + t) Individual pools | 13/47 (28%) 22/94 (23%) 12/47(a) 10/47(t) | 1/3 (33%) 1/6 (17%) 1/3(a) 0/3(t) | 9/10 (90%) 13/20 (65%) 8/10(a) 5/10(t) | 1/4 (25%) 1/8 (13%) 1/4(a) 0/4(t) | 0/5 (0%) 0/10 (0%) 0/5(a) 0/5(t) | 0/1 (0%) 0/2 (0%) 0/1(a) 0/1(t) | 1/1 (100%) 1/2 (50%) 0/1(a) 1/1(t) | 3/4 (75%) 4/8 (50%) 3/4(a) 1/4(t) | 28/75 (37%) 42/150 (28%) 25/75(a) 17/75(t) | ||