Figure 5.

Bottleneck severity, post-midgut infection, does not vary between vectors of differing competence

(A and B) Comparing bcWNV population richness (A) and complexity (B) in midgut, salivary gland, and saliva samples across Cx. tarsalis (orange), Cx. quinquefasciatus (blue), and Ae. aegypti (green) mosquitoes at days 4, 8, and 12 post-infection. Dashed line represents 0 and was added for easier visualization of low complexity values. Within each mosquito sample type, statistical significance between mosquito species was tested using Kruskal-Wallis with Dunn’s multiple comparisons test, ∗ = p < 0.05, ∗∗ = p < 0.005, ∗∗∗ = p < 0.0005, ∗∗∗∗ = p < 0.0001. Solid lines denote mean. Only significant comparisons shown.