Table 1 Female mosquitoes trapped on the Mornington Peninsula and screened by IS2404 PCR

From: Mosquitoes provide a transmission route between possums and humans for Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia

Species

Number of mosquitoes/number of mono-species pools screened for M. ulcerans (number of pools positive for M. ulcerans, IS2404a)

December 2016 to April 2017

November 2017 to May 2018

December 2018 to May 2019

November 2019 to March 2020

February 2021 to March 2021

Total

Aedes alboannulatus

9/9

4/4

3/3

183/96

21/21

220/133

Aedes australis

0

0

0

1/0

0

1/0

Aedes bancroftianus

0

0

0

3/2

0

3/2

Aedes camptorhynchus

258/258

5/5

0

121/64 (1)

8/8

392/335 (1)

Aedes clelandi

0

0

0

41/32

0

41/32

Aedes flavifrons

1/1

0

0

31/26

13/13

45/40

Aedes imperfectus

0

0

0

266/226

0

226/226

Ae. notoscriptus

174/174 (2)

367/367 (8)

1,793/1,779 (15)

23,360/4,330 (14)

1,247/1,247 (7)

26,941/7,897 (46)

Aedes rubrithorax

9/9

27/27

230/230

1,402/335

45/45

1,713/646

Aedes sagax

0

0

0

2/2

0

2/2

Aedes theobaldi

0

0

0

1/1

0

1/1

Aedes vigilax

0

0

0

2/0

0

2/0

Aedes vittiger

0

0

0

2/0

0

2/0

Anopheles annulipes

1/1

24/24

4/4

751/376

1/1

781/406

Anopheles atratipes

0

0

0

2/0

0

2/0

Coquillettidia linealis

89/89

142/142

2/2

1,254/258

11/11

1,498/502

Culiseta inconspicua

0

0

0

2/2

3/3

5/5

Culex annulirostris

0

3/3

0

42/1

0

45/4

Culex australicus

3/3

198/198

17/17

4,910/534

33/33

5,161/785

Culex cylindricus

0

0

2/2

160/81

0

162/83

Culex globocoxitus

0

24/24

0

3,207/854

9/9

3,240/887

Culex molestus

61/61

29/29

384/377

28,107/3,308

1,465/1,465

30,046/5,240

Culex orbostiensis

0

0

0

131/69

0

131/69

Culex quinquefasciatus

3/3

257/257

37/37

1,098/401

163/163

1,558/861

Tripteroides atripes

0

0

0

18/0

12/12

30/12

Tripteroides tasmaniensis

0

0

0

15/13

0

15/13

Total

608/608 (2)

1,080/1,080 (8)

2,512/2,451 (15)

65,112/11,011 (15)

3,031/3,031 (7)

72,263/18,181 (47)

  1. aPool size ranged from 1 individual up to 15 individuals.