Table 4 Experimental infection of Ph. longiductus sand flies with Leishmania from VL patients
Experimental sites (county) | Source of Leishmania strain | No. dissected | No. infected (%) | Distribution of promastigotes in sand flies | Reference | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Proboscis | Pharynx | Esophagus | Proventriculus | Midgut | Hindgut | |||||
Atushi | Xinjiang | 40 | 7(17.5) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | [40] |
Wensu | Xinjiang | 45 | 28(62.2) | 1 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 28 | 0 | [38] |
Atushi | Beijing | 32 | 31(96.8) | 0 | 3 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 8 | [40] |
Atushi | Shandong | 83 | 46(55.4) | 0 | 3 | 32 | 43 | 46 | 9 | [40] |