Culex infection rates

Hamer, Gabriel L., Anderson, Tavis K., Berry, Garrett E., Makohon-Moore, Alvin P., Crafton, Jeffrey C., Brawn, Jeffrey D., Dolinski, Amanda C., Krebs, Bethany L., Ruiz, Marilyn O., Muzzall, Patrick M., Goldberg, Tony L. & Walker, Edward D., 2013, Prevalence of filarioid nematodes and trypanosomes in American robins and house sparrows, Chicago USA, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 2 (1), pp. 42-49 : 44

3.1. Culex infection rates

In 2010, we collected 2255 Culex spp. mosquito pools (23,068 individuals); 166 pools were positive for WNV with a peak infection rate of 42.6 per 1000 individuals (95% confidence interval of 27.9–63.3) at the end of August. In 2011, we collected 1954 Culex spp. mosquito pools (11,637 individuals) and 6 pools were positive for WNV.