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Table 2 Mosquito salivary gland infection rates (%) with days post-infection (dpi) at different temperatures (number of salivary gland 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

0 (0/10)

0 (0/10)

0 (0/10)

0 (0/10)

0 (0/10)

5

0 (0/6)

0 (0/7)

0 (0/8)

0 (0/8)

0 (0/8)

10

0 (0/4)

17 (1/6)

25 (2/8)

50 (4/8)

63 (5/8)

15

 

20 (1/5)

83 (5/6)

88 (6/8)

88 (6/8)

20

  

100 (4/4)

63 (5/8)

57 (4/7)

25

  

100 (2/2)

57 (4/7)

57 (4/7)

30

   

67 (4/6)

60 (3/5)

Ae. albopictus

0

0 (0/10)

0 (0/10)

0 (0/10)

0 (0/10)

0 (0/10)

5

0 (0/9)

0 (0/9)

0 (0/9)

40 (4/10)

22 (2/9)

10

0 (0/8)a

0 (0/9)a

75 (6/8)a

70 (7/10)a

38 (3/8)

15

0 (0/7)

0 (0/9)

13 (1/8)

11 (1/9)

0 (0/5)

20

0 (0/5)

0 (0/9)

33 (2/6)

13 (1/8)

0 (0/3)

25

0 (0/4)

0 (0/8)

20 (1/5)

29 (2/7)

0 (0/3)

30

0 (0/3)

0 (0/7)

0 (0/4)

40 (2/5)

0 (0/1)

  1. aInfection rates at 10 dpi with incubation at 22 or 28 °C were significantly (P < 0.01 or 0.05) higher than those at 10 or 16 °C, as determined by Fisher’s exact test