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. 2017 May 29;8:53–57. doi: 10.2147/RRTM.S133411

Table 1.

Mean titers (log10 plaque-forming unit equivalents [PFUeq] DENV/mL or ZIKV/mL)±standard error of rate of infection, dissemination, and transmission for Aedes albopictus stratified by pre-blood-feeding meal, virus type, and incubation period

Pre-blood-feeding meal Number tested Number infected (%)1 Number disseminated (%)1 Number transmitted (%)1 Body titer2 Leg titer2 Saliva titer2
7 d postinfection
DENV
 Sugar 10 9 (90)a 3 (30)a 0 4.3±0.4a 2.5±0.1a
 Sugar+bifenthrin 10 8 (80)a 1 (10)a 0 4.3±0.3a 2.5a
ZIKV
 Sugar 10 10 (100)a 4 (40)b 1 (10) 5.1±0.3a 0.1±0.0a 1.4
 Sugar+bifenthrin 10 10 (100)a 10 (100)a 0 4.2±0.5a 0.4±0.2a
14 d postinfection
DENV
 Sugar 10 9 (90)a 2 (20)a 0 5.3±0.2a 3.7±0.3a
 Sugar+bifenthrin 10 4 (40)b 1 (10)a 0 3.5±1.1b 2.3a
ZIKV
 Sugar 10 10 (100)a 10 (100)a 0 4.9±0.4a 2.1±0.6a
 Sugar+bifenthrin 5 5 (100)a 5 (100)a 1 (20) 5.4±0.2a 3.3±0.2a 3.2

Notes: Analyses were conducted separately for each virus.

1

Same letter in the same column for each virus indicates no significant difference between treatments by chi-square test.

2

Same letter in the same column indicates no significant difference between treatments by means comparison.