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. 2024 Jan 24;16(2):176. doi: 10.3390/v16020176

Table 2.

Infection rate (IR): number of positive bodies/number of tested fed females; dissemination rate (DR): number of positive legs plus wings/number of positive bodies; transmission rate (TR): number of positive saliva/number of positive bodies. Vector competence index (VCI): maximum value 1.0.

Ae. albopictus
Rome
Ae. albopictus
Montecchio M.
Ae. aegypti
Reference Lab-Colony
IR 30% 18% 22%
DR 48% 61% 60%
TR 14% 23% 27%
VCI 0.04 0.04 0.06