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. 2010 Nov 30;4(11):e901. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000901

Figure 3. dsRNA effect on Le. major development.

Figure 3

Intra-thoracic injections of dsPpChit1 (80.5 ng) reduce Le. major load in P. papatasi midgut. (A). At 48 h PBM, Le. major density was reduced on average 46% in dsPpChit1 (dsChit1) injected compared with dsControl (dsCtr) injected. (B). Le. major parasites per midgut were further reduced at 120 h PBM in dsPpChit1 injected flies, reaching on average 63% reduction over the dsControl injected ones. Each dot represents parasite number in a single P. papatasi midgut. Horizontal bars display mean parasite numbers. n: Number of flies analyzed. *: Statistically significant at p<0.05. Graphs represent one similar result of two independent experiments.