Figure 4. Amount of WNV Inoculated by Mosquitoes into Mouse Tails Increases with Probing Time.

Included on graph are data from the probe time experiment (open circles) and from other experiments (filled triangles) in which parenterally or orally infected Cx. tarsalis probed and fed on a mouse tail. Solid line shows best-fit one-site binding model, and dotted lines show 95% confidence band of the best-fit curve. LOD of plaque assay was 5 PFU. Values less than the LOD are reported as 0.