Extreme infectious titer variability in individual Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with Sindbis virus is associated with both differences in virus population structure and dramatic disparities in specific infectivity

• Peter Hodoameda,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas United States of America

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• Gregory D. Ebel,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado United States of America

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• Suchetana Mukhopadhyay,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana United States of America

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• Rollie J. Clem

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rclem@ksu.edu

  Affiliation Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2368-720X

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