Research Article

West Nile Virus Circulation in Mosquitoes in Greece (2010–2013)

Table 4

MIR and MLE values calculated for regions studied, for years 2010–2013.

YearRegionMosquito speciesNumber of poolsNumber of positive poolsNumber of individualsMIR infection rateMLE infection rate

2010Central Macedonia Culex pipiens11026597 0.30 (CI: 0–0.01)0.31 (CI: 0.05–1.01)

2011Central Macedonia Culex pipiens64242493480.85 (CI: 0.59–1.11)0.88 (CI: 0.65–1.18)
Central Greece & ThessalyCulex pipiens991129613.71 (CI: 1.52–5.91)3.87 (CI: 6.66–2.08)
East Macedonia and ThraceCulex pipiens83751621.36 (CI: 0.35–2.36)1.38 (CI: 0.62–2.69)
Ochlerotatus caspius7311124730.88 (CI: 0.36–1.40)0.94 (CI: 0.50–1.62)

2012AtticaCulex pipiens1821823547.65 (CI: 4.13–11.17)8.05 (CI: 5.08–12.24)
East Macedonia and ThraceCulex pipiens1782283852.62 (CI: 1.53–3.72)1.84 (CI: 2.84–4.22)
Central Macedonia Culex pipiens11913620811.05 (CI: 0.79–1.30)1.09 (CI: 0.85–1.38)
Ochlerotatus caspius114590990.55 (CI: 0.07–1.03)0.56 (CI: 0.21–1.22)
ThessalyCulex pipiens1191356872.29 (CI: 1.04–3.53)2.41 (CI: 1.37–3.99)
West GreeceCulex pipiens17920144.46 (CI: 0.00–0.01)0.01 (CI: 0.00–0.01)
Central GreeceCulex pipiens5331207014.98 (CI: 9.74–20.21)22.80 (CI: 17.18–31.39)

2013AtticaCulex pipiens13044390610.75 (CI: 7.52–13.99)15.76 (CI: 11.66–20.65)