Table 1. Virus growth and survival in A. albopictus at day 10 p.i. following injection with increasing titres of SINV.

Inoculum SINV p.f.u. per insect	Virus growth (p.f.u. per insect)	Survival (%; n = 30)
255	1.7±1.7×106, n = 3	93
2550	7.4±1.2×105, n = 3	80
2550*	3.3±2.3×105, n = 4	93
25 500†	1.4±1.4×106, n = 7	86
255 000	3.0±0.6×105, n = 3	85
Medium-injected	0	87
Trauma‡	0	83
Colony	0	93

^*Virus growth and percentage survival at day 18 p.i.

^†High-titre SINV at day 10 p.i. and survival at day 30 p.i.; 86 % infected and 90 % uninfected (n = 50).

^‡Intrathoracic inoculation without fluid instillation.