Fig. 5

Co-incubation of infected whole blood cells (containing L. donovani amastigotes) with MDM successfully induced Leishmania infection in the MDM. MDM from cross-breeds (panels a-d) or Zebu cattle (panels e-h) were mixed with uninfected whole blood (panel a, e) or whole blood infected with L. donovani (panels b, c, d, f, g, h) whole blood. The red arrows depict amastigotes within infected MDM