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Volume 29, Number 1—January 2023
Dispatch

Survey of West Nile and Banzi Viruses in Mosquitoes, South Africa, 2011–2018

Caitlin MacIntyre, Milehna Mara Guarido, Megan Amy Riddin, Todd Johnson, Leo Braack, Maarten Schrama, Erin Gorsich, Antonio Paulo Gouveia Almeida, and Marietjie VenterComments to Author 

Author affiliations: University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa (C. MacIntyre, M.M. Guarido, M.A. Riddin, T. Johnson, L. Braack, M. Venter); Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia (T. Johnson); Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands (M. Schrama); University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom (E. Gorsich); NOVA University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (A.P.G. Almeida)

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Table 1

Total number of mosquitoes collected across sentinel and ad hoc sites in survey of West Nile and Banzi viruses in mosquitoes in South Africa during 2011–2018

Site Site type Province Region type Coordinates No. mosquitoes collected No. trapping events Mean no. mosquitoes/trapping event
Boschkop Sentinel Gauteng Peri-urban −25.82786, 28.42047 4,790 353 12
Kyalami Sentinel Gauteng Peri-urban −25.99183, 28.02947 8,736 338 26
Lapalala Sentinel Limpopo Conservation −23.88458, 28.26953 16,675 568 29
Marakele Sentinel Limpopo Conservation −24.29364, 27.50325 13,347 487 24
Total nos., sentinel sites
 43,548
 1,746
 23
Benoni Ad hoc Gauteng Peri-urban −26.10611, 28.36689 1,191 31 38
Jozini Ad hoc KwaZulu-Natal Rural −27.41258, 32.20647 10,954 47 233
Kruger National Park Ad hoc Limpopo, Mpumalanga Conservation, peri-urban −25.35384, 31.79936 2,440 30 58
Matikwane Ad hoc Mpumalanga Urban −24.98545, 31.236342 615 9 68
Mnisi Ad hoc Mpumalanga Rural −24.48206, 31.38583 5,549 171 32
Pretoria north Ad hoc Gauteng Urban −25.68663, 28.15895 219 23 12
Roodeplaat Ad hoc Gauteng Peri-urban −25.62075, 28.37136 298 15 20
Shingwedzi Ad hoc Limpopo Conservation −23.10819, 31.43628 457 13 35
Skukuza Ad hoc Mpumalanga Conservation −24.99633, 31.59189 482 15 32
Southern African Wildlife College Ad hoc Mpumalanga Conservation −24.53886, 31.33369 56 9 15
Vulpro Ad hoc Northwest Peri-urban −25.7112, 27.95322 490 12 41
Total nos., ad hoc sites
 22,751 375 53

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