Mouse No.
|
#1 and #2*
|
#3 and #4
|
#5 and #6
|
#7 and #8
|
#9 and #10
|
Total
|
---|
Weeks p.i.
|
No fed females
|
No (%) positive
|
No fed females
|
No (%) positive
|
No fed females
|
No (%) positive
|
No fed females
|
No (%) positive
|
No fed females
|
No (%) positive
|
No fed females
|
No (%) positive
|
---|
2
|
7
|
0 (0)
|
7
|
1 (14.3)
|
11
|
2 (18.2)
|
8
|
2 (25.0)
|
0
|
-
|
33
|
5 (15.2)
|
4
|
0
|
-
|
14
|
1 (7.1)
|
17
|
4 (23.5)
|
20
|
5 (25.0)
|
20
|
3 (15.0)
|
71
|
13 (18.3)
|
6
|
58
|
11 (19.0)
|
69
|
12 (17.4)
|
30
|
6 (20.0)
|
37
|
8 (21.6)
|
30
|
8 (26.7)
|
224
|
45 (20.1)
|
8
|
15
|
3 (20.0)
|
14
|
5 (35.7)
|
39
|
6 (15.4)
|
13
|
3 (23.1)
|
21
|
6 (28.6)
|
102
|
23 (22.5)
|
Total
|
80
|
14 (17.5)
|
104
|
19 (18.3)
|
97
|
18 (18.6)
|
78
|
18 (23.1)
|
71
|
17 (23.9)
|
430
|
86 (20.0)
|
- Sand flies were dissected and checked under a light microscope 8 days post feeding on the mouse ear (site of L. donovani inoculation).
- p.i., post infection; *, two BALB/c mice were exposed to sand flies in one cage.