Table 2 Wolbachia and Asaia infection prevalence rates in adult female mosquitoes using three conserved Wolbachia genes (16S rRNA, ftsZ and wsp).
From: Diverse novel resident Wolbachia strains in Culicine mosquitoes from Madagascar
Mosquito species | Number | Wolbachia gene PCR amplification | Prevalence (%) | Fisher’s exact post hoc P value (Wolbachia vs. Asaia) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16S rRNA | ftsZ | wsp | Wolbachia | Asaia | |||
Aedes albocephalus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Aedes circumlateolus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 (20–100) | ||
Aedomyia furfuria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 (34–100) | ||
Aedomyia madagascarica^ | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 100 (70–100) | 89 (56–98) | >0.99 |
Culex antennatus^ | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 (1–16) | 56 (38–74) | >0.99 |
Culex bitaeniorhynchus | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 (32–81) | ||
Culex decens^ | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 (4–43) | 18 (4–43) | 0.46 |
Culex duttoni^ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 (21–100) | 100 (21–100) | >0.99 |
Culex tritaeniorhynchus^ | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 (74–100) | ||
Culex giganteus | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 (37–96) | ||
Culex pipiens complex | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (1–30) | ||
Culex poicilipes | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 (28–68) | ||
Ficalbia circumtestacea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 (6–79) | ||
Mansonia uniformis^ | 24 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 29 (15–49) | 67 (47–82) | 0.65 |
Uranotaenia spp^ | 27 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 (13–45) | 19 (8–37) | 0.54 |
