Fig. 5

Comparative transmission efficiency (TE) between Cx. tritaeniorhynchus, An. stephensi and Ae. albopictus colonies. Each bar represents the percentage (%) TE of each mosquito species at different extrinsic incubation periods (5, 10 and 15 dpi). The TE was determined as the proportion of GETV-infected mosquitoes exposed to the infectious blood meal that developed detectable virus titers in their saliva. Statically differences between GETV viral titers at each extrinsic incubation period were determined using Fisher’s exact test;; two-tailed P = 0.025 was not considered to indicate significance. Asterisks indicate statistical significance at *P < 0.05 (significant) and **P < 0.01 (very significant)