Mosquitoes Inoculate High Doses of West Nile Virus as They Probe and Feed on Live Hosts
Figure 6
Culex Mosquitoes Contain High Amounts of WNV
Geometric mean WNV titers in head (H), thorax (T), abdomen (A), and legs (L) of orally (Oral) or parenterally (Inoc) infected Cx. tarsalis and parenterally infected Cx. pipiens. Orally infected mosquitoes were tested at day 16 PI and parenterally infected mosquitoes were tested at day 7 PI. Letters within bars designate body segment titers that are significantly different from one another (p < 0.05) within each mosquito group. Letters above bars designate the mosquito groups that differ significantly from one another (p < 0.05) when compared by body segment. Error bars show standard deviation. LOD of plaque assay was 5 PFU.