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Table 4 Minimum infection rate (MIR) for collected mosquitoes

From: New insight into avian malaria vectors in New Zealand

Mosquito species

Number of mosquitoes

Positive matched pools (a + t)

MIR overall

(%)

Positive thorax pools

MIR thorax

(%)

Introduced

     

 Aedes notoscriptus

556

22

3.96

10

1.79

 Culex quinquefasciatus

11

1

9.09

0

0

Native

     

 Opifex fuscus

43

1

2.32

0

0

 Culex pervigilans

102

13

12.75

5

4.90