Table 1 Infectiousness of BALB/c mice for Phlebotomus orientalis feeding on inoculated ears: first series of xenodiagnoses
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) |