Year | Experimental sites (county) | Origin | No. dissected | No. infected (%) | Distribution of promastigotes in sand flies | Â | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Proboscis | Buccal cavity | Pharynx | Esophagus | Proventriculus | Midgut | Hindgut | Reference | |||||
1958 | Tai’an, Shandong province | VL patients | 177 | 62(35.0) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 61 | 13 | a |
1960 | Tai’an, Shandong province | VL patients | 228 | 90(39.5) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 71 | 87 | 13 | b |
1958 | Lanzhou, Gansu province | CVL dogs | 57 | 24(42.1) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 2 | a |
1980 | Lixian, Sichuan province | CVL dogs | 74 | 45(60.8) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 45 | 45 | 0 | [62] |
1990 | Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan province | VL patients | 331 | 229(69.2) | 5 | 0 | 40 | 104 | 193 | 229 | 45 | [20] |