Volume 10, Number 10—October 2004
Research
Dengue Emergence and Adaptation to Peridomestic Mosquitoes
Abelardo C. Moncayo*1, Zoraida Fernandez*2, Diana Ortiz*, Mawlouth Diallo†, Amadou Sall†, Sammie Hartman*, C. Todd Davis*, Lark L. Coffey*, Christian C. Mathiot†, Robert B. Tesh*, and Scott C. Weaver*
Table 2
DENV-2 infection and dissemination rates in Aedes aegypti, Galvestona,b
| Dengue strain | % infected (totals) | % disseminationc (totals) |
|---|---|---|
| 1349 (endemic) | 86.5 (32/37) | 90.6 (29/32) |
| New Guinea C (endemic) | 100 (38/38) | 78.9 (30/38) |
| 33974 (sylvatic) | 54.2 (26/48) | 61.5 (16/26) |
| 2022 (sylvatic) | 69.4 (25/36) | 64 (16/25) |
| 1407 (sylvatic) | 11.4 (4/35) | 0 (0/4) |
| Collapsedd | ||
| Endemic | 93.3 (70/75) | 84.3 (59/70) |
| Sylvatic | 63.0 (51/81) | 62.7 (32/51) |
aDENV, dengue virus.
bBlood meal titers are found in Table 1.
cNumber of infected mosquitoes with virus in the legs.
dStrain 1407 data were not included in the collapsed analysis because they were significantly different from data for other sylvatic strains.
