Table 1. Mean viral (± SE) loads in the saliva of two Aedes aegypti populations: Pasteur (PTE) and Párraga (PRG) from Havana, Cuba, at days 3, 7, and 14 after exposure to mono-infected blood meals containing, Zika (ZIKV), dengue-1 (DENV-1), or chikungunya (CHIKV) viruses.
| Virus | PTE Log10 titre (pfu/saliva)* | PRG Log10 titre (pfu/saliva)* | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3dpe | 7dpe | 14dpe | 3dpe | 7dpe | 14dpe | |||||||
| Mean | ±SE | Mean | ±SE | Mean | ±SE | Mean | ±SE | Mean | ±SE | Mean | ±SE | |
| ZIKV | NA | - | ND | - | ND | - | NA | - | 0.5 (1) | Nap | 0.5 (3) | ±0.2 |
| DENV-1 | NA | - | ND | - | 0.6 (6) | ±0.2 | NA | - | 1.2 (1) | Nap | 0.7 (3) | ±0.3 |
| CHIKV | 0.2 (1) | Nap | 0.6 (2) | ±0.4 | 1.4 (3) | ±0.6 | ND | - | ND | - | 0.9 (2) | ±0.4 |
Numbers of positive saliva samples in parenthesis. ND: Not detected, NA: not assayed, Nap: Not applicable, dpe: days post-exposure.
*For DENV-1, virus titer is expressed in focus forming unit (FFU)/saliva.