Table 1 Vector competence of Aedes vexans for Rift Valley fever phlebovirus at 14 dpe. Infection, dissemination and transmission rates, and transmission efficiency of a natural Ae. vexans population from Catalonia, Spain orally exposed to Rift valley fever phlebovirus (RVFV 56/74)
Mosquito flavivirus infection status | Feeding 1 | Feeding 2 | Feeding 3 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | IR | DIR | TR | TE | n | IR | DIR | TR | TE | n | IR | DIR | TR | TE | |
Mosquito flavivirus-negative (%) | 4 | 0/4 (0) | 0/0 (0) | 0/0 (0) | 0/4 (0) | 11 | 5/11 (45.0) | 1/5 (20.0) | 1/1 (100) | 1/11 (9.1) | 5 | 1/5 (20.0) | 1/1 (100) | 1/1 (100) | 1/5 (20) |
Mosquito flavivirus-positive (%) | 12 | 1/12 (8.3) | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0) | 0/12 (0) | 23 | 3/23 (13.0) | 1/3 (33.3) | 1/1 (100) | 1/23 (4.3) | 10 | 4/10 (40.0) | 2/4 (50) | 2/2 (100) | 2/10 (20) |
Total (%) | 16 | 1/16 (6.3) | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0) | 0/16 (0) | 34 | 8/34 (23.5) | 2/8 (25.0) | 2/2 (100) | 2/34 (5.8) | 15 | 5/15 (33.3) | 3/5 (60) | 3/3 (100) | 3/15 (20) |