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Table 1 Experimental infection of Ph. chinensis sand flies with blood of VL-infected patients and CVL-infected dogs (Leishmania) from 1958 to 1990

From: Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) transmitting visceral leishmaniasis and their geographical distribution in China: a review

Year

Experimental sites (county)

Origin

No. dissected

No. infected (%)

Distribution of promastigotes in sand flies

 

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]

  1. aAnnual report, Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 1958, pp. 376–360
  2. bAnnual report, Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 1960, pp. 426–436