Table 1.
SPONV vector competence of Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes.
|
Mosquito species |
Virus | Dose, log10 PFU/ml | 7 days post exposure |
14 days post exposure |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | D | T | I | D | T | |||
| Ae. aegypti | ZIKV-DAK | 8.4–8.5* | 44/78 (56%) | 23/40 (58%) | 4/40 (10%) | 33/40 (84%) | 33/40 (84%) | 31/40 (78%) |
| Ae. aegypti | SPONV | 8.2 | 26/75 (35%) | 23/75 (31%) | 9/75 (12%) | 27/70 (39%) | 25/70 (36%) | 25/70 (36%) |
| Ae. aegypti | SPONV | 7.3 | 13/40 (33%) | 10/40 (25%) | 1/40 (3%) | 13/40 (33%) | 13/40 (33%) | 7/40 (18%) |
| Ae. aegypti | SPONV | 5.9 | 6/40 (15%) | 3/40 (8%) | 1/40 (3%) | 4/40 (10%) | 4/40 (10%) | 3/40 (8%) |
| Cx. quinquefasciatus | SPONV | 7.8 | 0/40 (0%) | – | – | 2/40 (5%) | 1/40 (3%) | 0/40 (0%) |
| Cx. quinquefasciatus | SPONV | 7.2 | 2/28 (7%) | 1/28 (3%) | 0/28 (0%) | 1/16 (6%) | 1/16 (6%) | 0/16 (0%) |
| Cx. quinquefasciatus | SPONV | 7.3 | 2/40 (5%) | 1/40 (3%) | 0/40 (0%) | 0/40 (0%) | – | – |
I, % infected; D, % disseminated; T, % transmitting.
*, Range indicates two independent experiments.