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Correction, Vol. 8, No. 12
In the article, “Vector Competence of California Mosquitoes for West
Nile virus” by Laura B. Goddard et al., errors occurred in the table
on page 1387. The corrected table appears below and online at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol8no12/02-0536.htm
We regret any confusion these errors may have caused.
| Table 2. Infection
and transmission rates for California mosquito species orally infected
with 107.1±0.1 PFU/mL of West Nile virus (WNV) |
|
|
Species
|
Source by county
|
Day when transmission was attempted
|
No. tested
|
Infection ratea
|
Transmission rateb
|
|
|
Culex tarsalis
|
Yolo
|
7
|
30
|
87
|
60
|
|
14
|
1
|
100
|
100
|
|
Kern
|
7
|
15
|
93
|
40
|
|
14
|
35
|
74
|
60
|
|
Riverside
|
7
|
49
|
94
|
10
|
|
14
|
55
|
85
|
62
|
|
Cx. pipiens quinquefasciatus
|
Kern
|
7
|
50
|
86
|
4
|
|
14
|
50
|
58
|
52
|
|
Riverside
|
7
|
60
|
8
|
0
|
|
14
|
60
|
13
|
2
|
|
Orange
|
14
|
58
|
28
|
19
|
|
Cx. p. pipiens
|
Shasta
|
7
|
45
|
80
|
9
|
|
14
|
50
|
66
|
36
|
|
Cx. stigmatosoma
|
San Bernardino
|
7
|
17
|
100
|
0
|
|
14
|
31
|
100
|
71
|
|
Cx. erythrothorax
|
Orange
|
7
|
15
|
67
|
0
|
|
14
|
48
|
77
|
19
|
|
Riverside
|
7
|
15
|
100
|
33
|
|
14
|
25
|
100
|
64
|
|
Ochlerotatus dorsalis
|
San Luis Obispo
|
7
|
30
|
50
|
13
|
|
14
|
29
|
41
|
34
|
|
Oc. melanimon
|
Kern
|
7
|
50
|
46
|
18
|
|
14
|
60
|
48
|
20
|
|
Oc. sierrensis
|
Lake
|
7
|
40
|
5
|
3
|
|
14
|
50
|
14
|
6
|
|
Aedes vexans
|
Riverside
|
14
|
22
|
32
|
23
|
|
Culiseta inornata
|
Kern
|
14
|
28
|
75
|
21
|
|
aPercent of mosquito
bodies positive for WNV.
bPercent of transmission attempts positive for WNV. |
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