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Table 3 FCV titers (log10 CCID50/0.1 ml) in each of the three bed bug groups at five sampling time intervals post-feeding

From: Lack of influence by endosymbiont Wolbachia on virus titer in the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius

Treatment

Mean (± SE) FCV titers (log10 CCID50/0.1 ml)

5 hours

24 hours

4 days

7 days

10 days

Wb+

4.67 ± 0.00

4.56 ± 0.06

4.44 ± 0.06

3.06 ± 0.71

3.22 ± 0.49

Wb–

4.89 ± 0.31

4.56 ± 0.11

5.11 ± 0.11

3.50 ± 0.50

3.78 ± 0.22

Wb– 90 d

4.50 ± 0.40

4.45 ± 0.00

4.17 ± 0.17

3.67 ± 0.17

3.72 ± 0.15

  1. Abbreviations: Wb+, colony containing Wolbachia; Wb–, two colonies cured of Wolbachia with the antibiotic rifampicin; Wb– 90 d, colony cured of Wolbachia with antibiotic, then reared for 90 days on blood supplemented with vitamins but no antibiotic