Table 1 Description of observed and simulated data (median [interquartile range (IQR)]) used for estimating baseline MIR and to determine effect of lower density sampling.

From: Error associated with estimates of Minimum Infection Rate for Endemic West Nile Virus in areas of low mosquito trap density

County

County

Proportion of Traps Sampled

Cook

DuPage

50

60

70

80

90

100

Number of Weeks

240

182

422

422

422

422

422

422

Number of Positive Pools per Week

21 [3, 103]

4 [1, 17]

5 [1, 23]

6 [1, 28]

7 [1, 33]

7 [1, 37]

8 [1, 42]

9 [1, 47]

Total Number of Culex Mosquitos per Week

12381 [7130, 18232]

2796 [2075, 3681]

2677 [1360, 6972]

3220.5 [1635, 8390]

3770 [1907, 9771]

4308 [2182, 11236]

4850 [2478, 12610]

5423 [2780, 14041]

MIR

0.0022 [0.0003, 0.0045]

0.0014 [0.0003, 0.0080]

0.0019 [0.0002, 0.0078]

0.0019 [0.0002, 0.0078]

0.0019 [0.0003, 0.0079]

0.0019 [0.0003, 0.0079]

0.0019 [0.0003, 0.0079]

0.002 [0.0003, 0.0078]

Number of Traps Used per Week

373 [229, 506]

92 [67, 116]

84 [46, 202]

101 [55, 242]

118 [64, 282]

134 [73, 322]

151 [82, 363]

168 [91, 402]

Density of Traps (traps/mi2)

0.39 [0.24, 0.54]

0.28 [0.20, 0.36]

0.16 [0.11, 0.23]

0.19 [0.13, 0.28]

0.22 [0.15, 0.33]

0.26 [0.17, 0.37]

0.29 [0.2, 0.42]

0.32 [0.22, 0.47]

Probability of False Negative

NA

NA

0.09

0.06

0.04

0.03

0.01

NA

  1. The probability of a false negative was calculated as the number of iterations in which MIR was 0 when MIR100 was greater than 0.