Competence of Aedes aegypti, Ae. albopictus, and Culex quinquefasciatus Mosquitoes as Zika Virus Vectors, China
Zhuanzhuan Liu, Tengfei Zhou, Zetian Lai, Zhenhong Zhang, Zhirong Jia, Guofa Zhou, Tricia Williams, Jiabao Xu, Jinbao Gu, Xiaohong Zhou, Lifeng Lin, Guiyun Yan, and Xiao-Guang Chen
Author affiliations: Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China (Z. Liu, T. Zhou, Z. Lai, Z. Zhang, Z. Jia, T. Williams, J. Xu, J. Gu, X. Zhou, X.-G. Chen); University of California, Irvine, California, USA (G. Zhou, G. Yan); Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou (L. Lin)
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Figure 1. Infection rates and virus reproduction for Zika virus in Aedes aegypti, Ae. albopictus, and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes in China. A) Infection rate. Error bars represent 95% CIs. **, p<0.01. B) Zika virus RNA titers in the whole mosquito bodies was detected by quantitative reverse transcription PCR. The results are expressed as mean ± SD.
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