Saliva collection via capillary method may underestimate arboviral transmission by mosquitoes

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Details of the intrathoracic inoculation experiment

Mosquito species	Virus	Virus strain	PFU	EIP (days)	IIP (days)	References
Aedes aegypti [ORL]	CHIKV	L006-OPY1	17.2	6	3	[15, 34,35,36]
Aedes aegypti [ORL]	ZIKV	MR766	17	10	6	[16, 36,37,38]
Aedes aegypti [ORL]	WNV	2741-99	16.8	10	6	[19, 37, 38]
Culex quinquefasciatus	WNV	2741-99	16.8	7 and 10	6	[19, 37, 38]
Aedes triseriatus	LACV	78V-8853	18.1	7	3	[18]

EIP, Extrinsic incubation period (days of mosquito incubation post-infection); IIP, intrinsic incubation period (days of suckling mice incubation post-infection); for other abbreviations, see Abbreviations section

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