Table 3 Vector competence of Aedes aegypti following peroral exposure to ZIKV-infected macaques

From: Infection via mosquito bite alters Zika virus tissue tropism and replication kinetics in rhesus macaques

Zika virus

7 days post feeding

13 days post feeding

25 days post feeding

 

I

D

T

I

D

T

I

D

T

Needle-inoculated

0/30 (0%)

0/30 (0%)

0/30 (0%)

0/40 (0%)

0/40 (0%)

0/40 (0%)

0/29 (0%)

0/29 (0%)

0/29 (0%)

Mosquito-bite

ND

ND

ND

0/30 (0%)

0/30 (0%)

0/30 (0%)

1/26 (4%)

1/26 (4%)

0/26 (0%)

  1. I, % infected; D, % disseminated; T, % transmitting; ND, no data
  2. Needle-inoculated animals were exposed to mosquitoes at 3 d.p.i. and mosquito-bite animals were exposed to mosquitoes at 4 d.p.i