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 4
DENV-2 infection and dissemination rates and Aedes aegypti, Thailanda,b
| Dengue strain | % infected (totals) | % disseminationc (totals) |
|---|---|---|
| 1349 (endemic) | 94.3 (33/35) | 84.8 (28/33) |
| New Guinea C (endemic) | 33 (11/33) | 90.9 (10/11) |
| 33974 (sylvatic) | 13 (6/46) | 50 (3/6) |
| 2022 (sylvatic) | 8.1 (3/37) | 0 (0/3) |
| 1407 (sylvatic) | 0 (0/27) | 0 (0/0) |
| Collapsedd | ||
| Sylvatic | 8.2 (9/110) | 33.3 (3/9) |
aDENV, dengue virus.
bBlood meal titers are found in Table 1.
cNumber of infected mosquitoes with virus in the legs.
dData for the two endemic strains were not collapsed because they were significantly different.
