Table 3.
Viral copy/ffu ratio in Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus midguts and salivary glands.
| Day Post-Infection | Ae. aegypti | Ae. albopictus | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midguts | Salivary Glands | Midguts | Salivary Glands | |||||
| Viral Copy/ffu | R | Viral Copy/ffu | R | Viral Copy:ffu | R | Viral Copy/ffu | R | |
| 3 | 1.16 × 102 | 3 | - | 4.26 × 102 | 10.9 | - | ||
| 6 | 2.46 × 102 | 6.3 | 1.48 × 101 | 0.4 | 1.63 × 102 | 4.2 | 1.5 × 102 | 3.8 |
| 8 | 2.31 × 102 | 5.9 | 1.07 × 102 | 2.7 | 3.98 × 102 | 10.2 | 8.80 | 0.2 |
| 10 | 1.31 × 102 | 3.3 | 1.63 × 101 | 0.4 | 6.47 × 102 | 16.6 | 1.81 × 101 | 0.5 |
| 14 | 1.49 × 102 | 3.8 | 1.67 | 0.04 | - | - | ||
R: The ratios between the number of copies of viral RNA and the number of infectious viral particles in mosquito organs were divided by the ratio calculated for ZIKV produced in C6/36 cells and are presented in each column; -: no infectious viral particles were detected.