Table 1.

Average density of different species of Leishmania amastigotes in smears and promastigotes in microculture

Day	Grading of Leishmania amastigotes in smears*				Grading of Leishmania promastigotes in MCM
	L. major	L. tropica	L. donovani	L. infantum	L. major	L. tropica	L. donovani	L. infantum
1st	1+	1+	1+	1+	3+	2+	3+	3+
7th	0	0	0	0	1+	1+	1+	1+
14th	0	0	0	0	1+	2+	2+	1+
21st	0	0	0	0	2+	2+	2+	2+
28th	0	0	0	0	1+	1+	2+	2+

^*Ref. 24.