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Table 5 Comparison body infection rates via eRFP expression, plaque assay, and RT-PCR

From: Eilat virus displays a narrow mosquito vector range

Species

Oral dose

% bodies infected

(log10pfu/mL)

eRFP

Plaque assay

RT-PCR

Aedes aegypti

8.9

78 (18/23)

78 (18/23)

87 (20/23)

Aedes albopictus

8.9

7 (2/27)

7 (2/27)

15 (4/27)

Anopheles gambiae

8.9

29 (4/14)

29 (4/14)

43 (6/14)

Culex quinquefasciatus

8.9

30 (9/30)

30 (9/30)

30 (9/30)

  1. Percent of mosquito bodies positive at 14 dpi.