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. 2021 Mar 30;12(4):304. doi: 10.3390/insects12040304

Table 1.

Proportions of saliva collections from individual mosquitoes that were ZIKV- or CHIKV-positive using either qRT-PCR or plaque assays when force salivated using oil or FBS-glycerol as the collection media.

Virus Collection Media qRT-PCR p-Value Plaque Assay p-Value
ZIKV FBS + glycerol 42% (42/100) * 0.0170 18% (18/100) * 0.0455
Oil 65% (62/96) 31% (30/96)
CHIKV FBS + glycerol 47% (46/98) * ≤0.0001 14% (14/98) * 0.0002
Oil 82% (82/100) 38% (38/100)

Data are the sum of two biological replicates. p-value from Fisher’s exact text; * indicates p ≤ 0.05.