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Table 2 Effect of blood source on the percentage of Lu. longipalpis infected with L. mexicana.

From: Chicken blood provides a suitable meal for the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis and does not inhibit Leishmania development in the gut

Blood Source

% Flies infected (N° flies examined)

 

2 days

4 days

6 days

8 days

Rabbit blood

82.6

74.5

68.4

89.7

 

(46)

(47)

(38)

(39)

Chicken blood

95.7

89.4

92.1

82.1

 

(46)

(47)

(38)

(39)