Table 1. Characteristics of small RNA libraries sequenced.
| Mosquito sRNA library sequenced: | Total # reads (×106) | Reads Aligning to WNV genome: | Number of mismatches required for alignment n (%): | ||||
| Total # (# unique) | Average Length (nt) | Average Quality Score | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| WNV (−) 7 dpi | 4.9 | 18 (14) | 20.6 | 37.8 | 7 (39) | 2 (11) | 9 (50) |
| WNV (−) 14 dpi | 3.9 | 65 (21) | 20.5 | 38.9 | 8 (12) | 1 (2) | 56 (86) |
| WNV(+) 7 dpi | 4.7 | 2,544 (1,701) | 21.1 | 38.5 | 2,104 (83) | 343 (13) | 97 (4) |
| WNV(+) 14 dpi | 3.7 | 4,419 (2,629) | 21.0 | 38.8 | 3,754 (84) | 513 (12) | 152 (3) |