Table 2 M. ulcerans-positive pools tested by IS2404 qPCR

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

Species

Number of mosquitoes

Number positive/number pools tested

MLEa

95% CI

Aedes alboannulatus

133

0/97

0

0–27.71

Aedes bancroftianus

2

0/2

0

0–657.62

Aedes camptorhynchus

335

1/85

2.96

0.17–14.19

Aedes clelandi

32

0/3

0

0–67.97

Aedes flavifrons

40

0/16

0

0–78.10

Aedes imperfectus

226

0/27

0

0–14.96

Ae. notoscriptus

7,897

46/2,937

5.88

4.37–7.76

Aedes rubrithorax

646

0/220

0

0–5.84

Aedes sagax

2

0/1

0

0–545.52

Aedes theobaldi

1

0/1

0

0–793.45

Anopheles annulipes

406

0/148

0

0–9.16

Coquillettidia linealis

502

0/139

0

0–7.43

Culiseta inconspicua

5

0/4

0

0–408.11

Culex annulirostris

4

0/3

0

0–450.75

Culex australicus

785

0/150

0

0–4.76

Culex cylindricus

83

0/38

0

0–41.60

Culex globocoxitus

887

0/150

0

0–4.22

Culex molestus

5,240

0/609

0

0–0.73

Culex orbostiensis

69

0/9

0

0–42.95

Culex quinquefasciatus

861

0/237

0

0–4.39

Tripteroides atripes

12

0/9

0

0–230.35

Tripteroides tasmaniensis

13

0/10

0

0–215.26

  1. aMLE of M. ulcerans per 1,000 mosquitoes trapped in the Mornington Peninsula. MLE bias was corrected when one or more pool was positive.