Sandfly Blood-Feeding Habits and Competence in Transmitting Ntepes Virus, a Recently Discovered Member of the Genus <i>Phlebovirus</i>

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Vector competence index</td><td class="align_center">6DPI</td><td class="align_center">10DPI</td><td class="align_center">15DPI</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Infection rate</td><td class="align_center">10.7 (22/205)</td><td class="align_center">5.4 (11/205)</td><td class="align_center">3.4 (7/205)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Dissemination rates</td><td class="align_center">0</td><td class="align_center">0</td><td class="align_center">0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Transmission rate</td><td class="align_center">0</td><td class="align_center">0</td><td class="align_center">0</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>DPI: days postinfection; n: number of positive samples; infection rate: the percentage of the tested sandflies with the virus recovered in the midgut; dissemination rate: the percentage of the tested sandflies with the virus recovered from the legs; transmission rate: the percentage of the sandflies with the virus recovered from the salivary gland.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Infection, dissemination, and transmission rates of NTPV in <i>P. duboscqi</i> orally infected with ≈10<sup>6.0</sup> pfu/ml NTPV.</div>

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Table 2: Sandfly Blood-Feeding Habits and Competence in Transmitting Ntepes Virus, a Recently Discovered Member of the Genus <i>Phlebovirus</i> 

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Sandfly Blood-Feeding Habits and Competence in Transmitting Ntepes Virus, a Recently Discovered Member of the Genus Phlebovirus

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