Fig. 2

Relative fold change in immune pathway-related transcripts during the first 3 days post-feeding between the virus-infected group and blood-only group in the three Aedes aegypti populations Vilas do Atlântico, California and Vero. A-H Mean relative transcript levels of Rel-1A (A), Rel-1B (B), Rel-2 (c), Dome (D), ATG5 (E), Dronc (F), IAP-1 (G), Ago-2 (H). Relative transcript values were calculated and standardized with the Ae. aegypti ribosomal protein S7 gene. Dashed line represents the baseline value (1.0) of the respective controls. Bars represent standard deviation of the mean. Asterisk indicates a statistical difference between blood-fed and DENV-2 virus-infected mosquitoes at *P < 0.05 according to the Wilcoxon test