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Table 2 Number of female mosquitoes collected and tested, including blood meal analysis results

From: Vector incrimination and transmission of avian malaria at an aquarium in Japan: mismatch in parasite composition between mosquitoes and penguins

Year

Species

Caught

Tested

Blood meal

Penguin

Wild bird

Unknown

2011

Cx. pipiens group

1013

413a

298

1

114

Cx. tritaeniorhynchus

19

17

8

0

9

Ae. albopictus

9

1

–

–

–

sub-total

1041

431

306

1

123

2012

Cx. pipiens group

3652

329a

239

2

88

Cx. tritaeniorhynchus

2

2

2

0

0

Ae. albopictus

4

1

–

–

–

sub-total

3658

332

241

2

88

2013

Cx. pipiens group

783

220a

159

2

59

Cx. tritaeniorhynchus

26

26

24

0

2

sub-total

809

246

183

2

61

2014

Cx. pipiens group

536

142a

109

2

31

Cx. tritaeniorhynchus

1

1

0

0

1

sub-total

537

143

109

2

32

2018

Cx. pipiens group

932

901ab

20

2

0

Cx. tritaeniorhynchus

30

30ab

2

0

0

Cx. bitaeniorhynchus

1

1

–

–

–

Ae. albopictus

2

0

–

–

–

sub-total

965

932

22

2

0

total

7010

2084

867

9

304

  1. aIncludes Plasmodium positive individuals and/or pools
  2. bBloodmeal investigated for only Plasmodium-positive mosquitoes