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Table 2 Sand fly blood meal sources in Merti sub-County determined by real-time PCR of the vertebrate cyt-b gene followed by HRM analysis

From: Molecular detection of Leishmania donovani, Leishmania major, and Trypanosoma species in Sergentomyia squamipleuris sand flies from a visceral leishmaniasis focus in Merti sub-County, eastern Kenya

Species

Humans

Mixed blood meals

Human and rock hyrax

Human and mouse

Human, hyrax and mouse

ND

S. squamipleuris

24 (4)

0

1

0

11

Ph. orientalis

2

1

0

1

0

Total

26

1

1

1

11

  1. ND: blood-meal sources were not determined; the number in brackets indicates the number of blood-fed sand flies that were positive for Leishmania spp. and Trypanosoma spp.
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Parasites & Vectors

ISSN: 1756-3305

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