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Table 1 Mosquito infection rates (%) with days post-infection (dpi) at different incubation temperatures (number of thorax-abdomen samples testing positive for virus genomes/total number of samples)

From: The impact of temperature and Wolbachia infection on vector competence of potential dengue vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in the transmission of dengue virus serotype 1 in southern Taiwan

Species

dpi

10 °C

16 °C

22 °C

28 °C

34 °C

Ae. aegypti

0

100 (10/10)

100 (10/10)

100 (10/10)

100 (10/10)

100 (10/10)

5

100 (6/6)

86 (6/7)

88 (7/8)

88 (7/8)

88 (7/8)

10

100 (4/4)

100 (6/6)

88 (7/8)

100 (8/8)

88 (7/8)

15

 

100 (5/5)

100 (6/6)

88 (7/8)

88 (7/8)

20

  

100 (4/4)

100 (8/8)

86 (6/7)

25

  

100 (2/2)

100 (7/7)

86 (6/7)

30

   

100 (6/6)

60 (3/5)

Ae. albopictus

0

100 (10/10)

100 (10/10)

100 (10/10)

100 (10/10)

100 (10/10)

5

100 (9/9)

89 (8/9)

100 (9/9)

90 (9/10)

78 (7/9)

10

88 (7/8)

44 (4/9)

75 (6/8)

90 (9/10)*

38 (3/8)*

15

57 (4/7)*

0 (0/9)*

13 (1/8)*

67 (6/9)*

60 (3/5)

20

40 (2/5)

0 (0/9)

33 (2/6)

13 (1/8)

0 (0/3)

25

25 (1/4)

0 (0/8)

20 (1/5)

14 (1/7)

0 (0/3)

30

0 (0/3)

0 (0/7)

0 (0/4)

0 (0/5)

0 (0/1)

  1. *Infection rates of Aedes albopictus at 10 dpi with incubation at 28 °C were significantly higher than those at 34 °C, as determined by Fisher’s exact test. Significant differences were also observed at 15 dpi between 10 °C and 16 °C and between 28 °C and 16 or 22 °C