Reid R. Gerhardt*, Kristy L. Gottfried†
, Charles S. Apperson‡, Brent S. Davis†, Paul C. Erwin§, A. Brent Smith*, Nicholas A. Panella†, Eugene E. Powell‡, and Roger S. Nasci†
Figure 2. . Species-specific gel electrophoresis of La Crosse virus-positive mosquito pools from Tennessee and North Carolina and Aedes albopictus pools with varying degrees of Ochlerotatus triseriatus contamination. Lane 1, 100-bp ladder; lane 2, Oc. triseriatus pool with Oc. triseriatus primers; lane 3, Oc. triseriatus pool with Aedes albopictus primers; lane 4, Ae. albopictus pool with Ae. albopictus primers; lane 5, Ae. albopictus pool with Oc. triseriatus primers; lane 6, Ae. albopictus pool contaminated by 1 Oc. triseriatus individual, with Ae. albopictus primers; lane 7, Ae. albopictus pool contaminated by 1 Oc. triseriatus individual, with Oc. triseriatus primers; lane 8, TN00-2266 Ae. albopictus pool with Ae. albopictus primers; lane 9, TN00-2266 Ae. albopictus pool with Oc. triseriatus primers; lane 10, NC00-1547 Ae. albopictus pool with Ae. albopictus primers; lane 11, NC00-1547 Ae. albopictus pool with Oc. triseriatus primers; lane 12, Ae. albopictus pool contaminated by 1 Oc. triseriatus head, with Oc. triseriatus primers; lane 13, Ae. albopictus pool contaminated by 1 Oc. triseriatus thorax, with Oc. triseriatus primers; lane 14, Ae. albopictus pool contaminated by 1 Oc. triseriatus abdomen, with Oc. triseriatus primers; lane 15, Ae. albopictus pool contaminated by 3 Oc. triseriatus legs, with Oc. triseriatus primers; and lane 16, Ae. albopictus pool contaminated by 6 Oc. triseriatus legs, with Oc. triseriatus primers.