Table 2 Infection rates in Aedes aegypti males inoculated intrathoracically with ZIKV-RioU1 and female contaminated by the venereal route. Mosquitoes were let to copulate for 30 h devoid of any food source at a sex ratio of: 1 male: 2 females (81:162)
From: Zika virus can be venereally transmitted between Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Days after intrathoracic inoculation of males | Male inoculated intrathoracically | Female venereal transmission | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | IR-mi (%) | n | IR-mi (%) | |
10 | 10 | 87.5 | 19 | 0 |
14 | 41 | 97.9 | 10 | 50 |