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. 2009 Sep 21;2:43. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-2-43

Table 2.

Composition of trypanosome population in individual flies

Cross Fly no. Fluorescence of salivary gland populationa Fluoroscence of
transformed procyclics
Drug resistance of
populationb



Gland 1 Gland 2

Red Green Yellow Red Green Yellow H P H + P

1738 RGFP 1 ++ +++ +/- ++ +++ +/- Red - + -

2 + +++ - + +++ - Green + - -

3 +/- +++ - +/- +++ - Green + - -

4 +/- +++ - +/- +++ - Green + - -

5 +/- +++ - +/- +++ - Green + - -

6 ++ +++ + +++ ++ + Green, Red + + -

7 +/- +++ - +++ +++ + Green, Red + + -

J10 RGFP 1 - - +++ +++ - - Red + - -

2 + +++ - +++ +++ - Green, Red + + -

a. Only flies with mixed infections in the salivary glands are listed. +++ many, ++ some, + few, +/- very few, - no trypanosomes.

b. H = hygromycin; P = phleomycin. + growth, - no growth.