Circulating dengue virus serotypes and vertical transmission in AEdES larvae during outbreak and inter-outbreak seasons in a high dengue risk area of Sri Lanka Author Wijesinghe, Chandana Teaching Hospital Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka & Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka Author Gunatilake, Jagath Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka & Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka Author Kusumawathie, P. H. D. Regional Office, Anti-Malaria Campaign, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka Author Sirisena, P. D. N. N. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka Author Daulagala, S. W. P. L. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka Author Iqbal, Bushran N. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka Author Noordeen, Faseeha Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka faseehan@pdn.ac.lk text Parasites & Vectors 2021 614 2021-12-23 14 1 1 11 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-05114-5 journal article 10.1186/s13071-021-05114-5 1756-3305 11552042

Table 1 Distribution of Aedes mosquito larvae in and around residences of patients with suspected dengue in Mawanella from December 2015 to March 2017

Period	Month and year of sample collection	Total no. of vector pools collected in entomological survey	No. of Aedes mosquito pools identified
			Ae. aegypti	Ae. albopictus
Epidemic	12/2015	18	3	15
	1/2016	22	8	14
Inter-epidemic	2/2016	5	0	5
	3/2016	3	1	2
	4/2016	4	1	3
	5/2016	12	1	11
	6/2016	15	9	6
Epidemic	7/2016	7	1	6
	8/2016	5	2	3
	9/2016	5	2	3
Inter-epidemic	10/2016	6	1	5
	11/2016	6	1	5
Epidemic	12/2016	14	3	11
	1/2017	23	8	15
Inter-epidemic	2/2017	1	0	1
	3/2017	25	8	17
Total		171	49	122