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Table 3 Detection of Culex flavivirus by RT-PCR in mosquito pools

From: Molecular detection and identification of Culex flavivirus in mosquito species from Jeju, Republic of Korea

Sl. No

Species

No. of mosquitoes collected (%)

No. of pools tested

No. of pools positive for Culex flavivirus

MIR*

1

Culex pipiens pallens

1450 (77.2)

77

21

14.5

2

Culex bitaeniorhynchus

5 (0.3)

5

0

0

3

Culex tritaeniorhynchus

30 (1.6)

9

0

0

4

Culex vagans

2 (0.1)

2

0

0

5

Anopheles sinensis

92 (4.9)

19

0

0

6

Anopheles sineroides

1 (0.05)

1

0

0

7

Aedes vexans nipponii

12 (0.6)

7

0

0

8

Aedes albopictus

164 (8.7)

42

0

0

9

Ochlerotatus togoi

54 (2.87)

17

0

0

10

Ochlerotatus koreicus

1(0.05)

1

0

0

11

Ochlerotatus dorsalis

3 (0.15)

2

0

0

12

Mansonia uniformis

6 (0.3)

3

0

0

13

Armigeres subalbatus

57 (3.0)

22

0

0

  1. *Minimum infection rate (MIR) for flavivirus was expressed as number infected/1,000 tested