Fig. 4From: Antibody response to sand fly saliva is a marker of transmission intensity but not disease progression in dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantumThe relationship between the mean parasite load of individual dogs and their anti-saliva antibody responses 2 months before patent infection with Leishmania infantum. Parasite load was assessed as the mean log number of parasites in bone marrow biopsies of infected dogs (n = 55)Back to article page