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Table 4 Oral infection of mosquitoes with EILV-eRFP

From: Eilat virus displays a narrow mosquito vector range

Species

Blood meal titer

Body

Legs/wings

(log10PFU/mL)

% infected

Titer

% infected

Titer

(log10PFU)

(log10PFU)

(+/− SD)

(+/− SD)

Aedes aegypti

8.9

78 (18/23)

2.3 (+/− 0.87)

26 (6/23)

2.2 (+/− 0.73)

6.9

63 (15/24)

2.0 (+/− 0.83)

8 (2/24)

1.5 (+/−0.34)

5.0

0 (0/15)

ND

0 (0/15)

ND

Aedes albopictus

8.9

7 (2/27)

1.5(+/− 0.16)

0 (0/27)

1.0*

6.9

8 (2/24)

1.5(+/− 0.19)

0 (0/24)

1.0*

5.0

0 (0/31)

ND

0 (0/31)

ND

Anopheles gambiae

8.8

29 (4/14)

1.6 (+/− 0.36)

21 (3/14)

1.4 (+/−0.10)

6.9

4 (1/23)

1.3

4 (1/23)

1.3

5.7

0 (0/15)

ND

0 (0/15)

ND

Culex quinquefasciatus

9.0

30 (9/30)

1.6 (+/− 0.55)

30 (9/30)

1.5 (+/− 0.24)

7.7

0 (0/28)

1.0*

0 (0/28)

1.0*

5.8

0 (0/30)

ND

0 (0/30)

ND

  1. Mosquito bodies and legs/wings were analyzed for eRFP expression and plaques assays in C7/10 cells. *Samples were below the limit of detection (101 PFU/mosquito) for the plaque assay.