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Table 4 Vector competence for CVV 4B by Aedes albopictus, Ae. triseriatus, Ae. japonicus and Ae. aegypti presented as mean % infected, disseminated and transmitting

From: Vector competence of Virginia mosquitoes for Zika and Cache Valley viruses

Species

Sample size (n)

Mean blood meal titer (pfu/ml)

% infected

% disseminated

% transmitting

High titer

 Ae. albopictus

34

5.25 × 106

100a

85a

68a

 Ae. triseriatus

29

2.99 × 106

72a

69a

52a

 Ae. japonicus

74

1.99 × 106

41b

38b

28b

 Ae. aegypti

52

1.98 × 107

48a,b

25b

10b

Low titer

 Ae. albopictus

21

2.90 × 103

24a

24a

24a

 Ae. triseriatus

55

1.40 × 103

15a

11a

7a

 Ae. japonicus

21

4.60 × 103

0a

0a

0a

 Ae. aegypti

44

6.28 × 103

11a

11a

7a

  1. Notes: Different letters denote significance between different species within respective categories of high or low titer blood meals by two-tailed Fischer’s exact test, α = 0.05