The wMelPop infection results in a significant decrease and wMelCS – in an increase of DAT activity compared with the control in both ages (for Day 1 – Fig. 3a; Strain – F(5147) = 16.06, p ≪ 0.00001; for Day 6 – Fig. 3b; Strain – F(5107) = 16.61, p ≪ 0.00001). Here, SLC6A3 is linked to infection.