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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 2

Detection of flaviviruses and their associated potential mosquito vectors in survey of West Nile and Banzi viruses in mosquitoes, South Africa, 2011–2018*

Site Virus Positive pool ID No. mosquitoes† Morphologic ID‡ Molecular ID§ MIR
Boschkop
 WNV GAU11MP26 2 Culex pipiens sensu lato Not done 0.72
WNV
 GAU17MP72
 33
 Cx. univittatus
 Cx. univittatus
Kruger National Park
 WNV KNP17MP714 4 Cx. simpsoni Cx. simpsoni 1.23
WNV KNP17MP718 36 Cx. univittatus Cx perexiguus
WNV
 KNP17MP720
 1
 Cx. bitaeniorhynchus
 Cx. bitaeniorhynchus
Kyalami
 WNV KYA11MP11 14 Cx. univittatus Not done 2.53
WNV KYA11MP13 10 Cx. pipiens s.l. Not done
WNV KYA14MP133 10 Cx. univittatus Cx. univittatus
WNV KYA14MP134 19 Cx. univittatus Cx. univittatus
WNV
 KYA14MP115
 5
 Cx. theileri
 Cx. theileri
Lapalala
 WNV LAP13LP71 44 Anopheles spp. Not done 1.01
WNV LAP13LP28 50 Anopheles spp. Not done
WNV LAP13LP22 50 Aedes spp. Not done
WNV
 LAP14MP394
 2
 Cx. univittatus
 Cx. univittatus
Marakele
 WNV MAR13MP77 50 Cx. poicilipes Not done 0.33
WNV
 MAR15MP18
 1
 An. gambiae s.l.
 An. gambiae s.l.
Lapalala BANV LAP13MP25 49 Cx. spp. Cx. rubinotus 0.83
BANV LAP13MP26 50 Cx. spp. Cx. annulioris

*BANV, Banzi virus; ID, identification; MIR, minimum infection rate; WNV, West Nile virus. †Number of mosquitoes in each positive pool. ‡Species of mosquito identified by morphologic characteristics. §Species of mosquito identified by sequencing the COX1 gene.

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