Table 1.

Titration of THOV isolated from tick organs of unfed and partially fed infected ticks via focus formation assay.

Organs	Positive/Total (%)		Mean titer ± SD (log10 ffu/tick)
	Unfed	Partially fed	Unfed	Partially fed
Midgut	20/20 (100)	15/15 (100)	2.85 ± 0.30	1.66 ± 0.57
Salivary gland	2/20 (10)	14/15 (93.3)	2.83 ± 0.29	1.38 ± 0.34
Carcass	0/20 (0)	15/15 (100)	—	1.42 ± 0.45