Table 3 Numbers of females by sandfly species, according to the number of days elapsed between their feeding and dissection, and the infected and potentially infective condition by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis
From: Host-biting rate and susceptibility of some suspected vectors to Leishmania braziliensis
Species | Ex. firmatoi | Mg. migonei | Ny. intermedia | Ny. neivai | Ny. whitmani | Pi. fischeri | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Day after feeding | dis | inf (pif) | dis | inf (pif) | dis | inf (pif) | dis | inf (pif) | dis | inf (pif) | dis | inf (pif) |
1st | … | … | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | … | … | … | … | 7 | 0 |
2nd | … | … | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | … | … | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
3rd | 3 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | … | … | 17 | 4 (0) |
4th | 9 | 1 (1) | 7 | 1 | 75 | 4 (4) | 8 | 1 (1) | 16 | 5 (5) | 49 | 12 (3) |
5th | 14 | 4 (4) | 14 | 5 (3) | 122 | 8 (8) | 30 | 3 (3) | 35 | 16 (16) | 58 | 19 (17) |
6th | 1 | 0 | … | … | 13 | 2 (2) | 5 | 1 (1) | 4 | 0 | 36 | 11 (11) |
7th | … | … | … | … | 5 | 2 (2) | 1 | 1 (1) | … | … | 34 | 5 (5) |
Total | 27 | 6 (5) | 25 | 6 (3) | 257 | 16 (16) | 45 | 6 (5) | 61 | 21 (21) | 220 | 51 (36) |
Infected (%) | 22.2 | 24.0 | 6.2 | 13.3 | 34.4 | 23.2 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Potentially Infective/infected (%) | 83.3 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 83.3 | 100.0 | 70.6 | ||||||
Surviving % after egg- laying | 3.7 | 0 | 7.0 | 80.0 | 65.6 | 31.8 | ||||||