Host-biting rate and susceptibility of some suspected vectors to Leishmania braziliensis

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Sand fly females by speciesand locality fed on hamsters both infected and uninfected by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and numbers of experiments

	Exposed hamster’s condition	Uninfected				Infected, with only ulcerated legs exposed
Species	Localities	Numbers of females exposed	Numbers of females engorged	Median proportions of engorged females	Numbers of experiments	Numbers of females exposed	Numbers of females engorged	Median proportions of engorged females	Numbers of experiments
Ex. firmatoi	Mogi Guacu	141	63	0.42	4	21	4	0.19	1
Mg. migonei	Embu das Artes	28	6	0	5	12	4	0.20	5
	Lab (M.Guaçu)	…	…	…	…	8	7	0.88	1
	Iporanga	…	…	…	…	21	8	0.38	2
	Mogi Guaçu	99	65	0.60	4	32	7	0.22	1
Ny. intermedia	Iporanga	…	…	…	…	852	311	0.32	6
Ny. neivai	Iporanga	…	…	…	…	99	45	0.25	7
Ny. whitmani	Mogi Guaçu	1164	384	0.33	3	93	22	0.31	1
Pi. fischeri	Cotia	269	128	0.59	9	…	…	…	…
	Embu das Artes	449	202	0.46	14	347	151	0.22	5
	Cantareira	408	310	0.77	2	203	93	0.46	2
	Iporanga	…	…	…	…	132	61	0.32	4
Ps. ayrozai	Cantareira	19	0	0.00	4	232	5	0.02	1

…no experiment undertaken; Lab (M. Guaçu) = F1 obtained in laboratory from females captured in Mogi Guaçu municipality.

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