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Table 3 Avian Plasmodium prevalence and lineage diversity found in 2014 in mosquitoes of Culex pipiens s.l. and Culex torrentium, sampled in Vienna and Eastern Austria

From: Avian Plasmodium in Eastern Austrian mosquitoes

Mosquito species

n individuals

n pools

Plasmodium positive pools

% positive pools

MIR

n Linn1

n SGS1

n SYAT05

n GRW6

n mix of lineages

Cx. pipiens f. pipiens

1939

221

37

16.74

1.91

6

7

11

2

11

Cx. pipiens f. molestus

43

26

1

3.85

2.33

  

1

  

Cx. pipiens f. pipiens/f. molestus hybrid

76

45

4

8.89

5.26

  

3

 

1

Cx. torrentium

56

33

3

9.09

5.36

  

3

  

Total

2114

325

45

13.85

2.13

6

7

18

2

12

  1. Minimum infection rate (MIR) is calculated by MIR (%) = number of PCR positive pools/total number of analysed mosquitoes × 100 [4]
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Malaria Journal

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