Response to: ‘Lack of evidence for Zika virus transmission by Culex mosquitoes’

Figures & data

Table 1 Number of female mosquitoes analyzed for ZIKV detection in recent outbreaks of Zika virus in the Americas

Local	Aedes aegypti		Culex quinquefasciatus		References
	N	+	N	+
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	315	2	385	0	^Citation9
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	406	2	0	0	^Citation12
Recife, Brazil	408	2	1496	3	^Citation1
Chiapas, Mexico	472	15	∼151	0	^Citation8
Jalisco, Mexico	179	6	115	15	^Citation13

Abbreviations: Number of females tested, N; number of ZIKV-positive pools, +.

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