Table 3 Mean number of parasitic forms in the differential count of excreta and intestinal contents of R. robustus infected with different strains of T. cruzi
Experimental group | Rhodnius robustus | |||||||||||||||
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Excreta | IC | |||||||||||||||
PF | 20 dpi | 40 dpi | 60 dpi | 80 dpi | 100 dpi | Total | %MC | P value* | 30 dpi | 60 dpi | 90 dpi | 120 dpi | Total | %MC | P value* | |
G1 (TcIAM) | EP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
MT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.003 | |
SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
G2 (TcIMG) | EP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
MT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | |
SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
G3 (TcII) | EP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – | – |
MT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 44.4 | 0.005 | |
SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | |
G4 (TcIV) | EP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – | – | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | – | – |
MT | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 53.8 | 0.005 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 22.5 | 0.007 | |
SF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – | – |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – | – | |
G5 (TcIAM+TcIV) | EP | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
MT | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50.0 | 0.004 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 62.5 | 0.007 | |
SF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | |
G6 (TcIAM+TcII) | EP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
MT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | |
SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
G7 (TcIMG+TcIV) | EP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | – | – |
MT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 21.1 | 0.006 | |
SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | |
G8 (TcIMG+TcII) | EP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 14 | – | – |
MT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 21.1 | 0.006 | |
SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | |
G9 (TcII+TcIV) | EP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
MT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | – | |
SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
EP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |