Table 2. Specimens inoculated and isolated in Grammomys surdaster, Mastomys natalensis and SCID mice.
| Rodent | Specimen | Number of specimens | Number of animals inoculated | Number of animals parasitemic | Infection success rate (%) | Days to first parasitemia in parasitemic animals, mean (min-max) | Number of isolated strains (n) | Isolation success rate (%) |
| G. surdaster | Blood | 49 | 76 | 29 | 38.2 | 15.1 (6–52) | 25 | 51.0 |
| CSF | 102 | 139 | 52 | 37.4 | 13.1 (4–50) | 45 | 44.1 | |
| M. natalensis | Blood | 21 | 40 | 8 | 20.0 | 17.7 (4–37) | 3 | 14.3 |
| CSF | 37 | 69 | 9 | 13.0 | 16.0 (6–38) | 7 | 18.9 | |
| SCID mouse | CSF | 19 | 38 | 5 | 13.2 | 19.5 (8–31) | 5 | 26.3 |