Table 1. Infection rate and viral genome copies per infected Ae. malayensis 14 days after injection of saliva collected from DENV- or CHIKV-infected Ae. malayensis.
nd; not detected.
| DENV | CHIKV | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genome copies per mosquito | Infection rate (n / N) |
Genome copies per mosquito | Infection rate (n / N) |
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| Repeat | Saliva-collected mosquitoes | Saliva-injected mosquitoes | Saliva-collected mosquitoes | Saliva-injected mosquitoes | ||
| 1 | 4.4 x 106 | 2.4 x 104 | 3 / 5 | 1.3 x 108 | 1.4 x 108 | 5 / 5 |
| 2 | 1.8 x 107 | 1.1 x 103 | 3 / 5 | 1.2 x 108 | 3.1 x 108 | 2 / 5 |
| 3 | 4.5 x 106 | 1.6 x 107 | 5 / 5 | 1.8 x 108 | 8.5 x 102 | 2 / 5 |
| 4 | 9.1 x 106 | 1.0 x 105 | 3 / 5 | 5.2 x 107 | 7.4 x 107 | 4 / 5 |
| 5 | 6.6 x 106 | nd | 0 / 5 | 1.4 x 108 | 1.1 x 108 | 5 / 5 |
| Average | 4.0 x 106 | 14 / 25 | 1.3 x 108 | 18 / 25 | ||