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. 2016 Nov 2;10(11):e0004940. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004940

Table 2. Leishmania promastigote infection in female sand flies.

Number of dissected females per species and number and percentage of females found to be infected by L. infantum or L. tarentolae.

Species No. of dissected Females No. of females infected by L. infantum (%) No. of females infected by L. tarentolae (%)
Ph. duboscqi 2 0 0
Ph. rodhaini 1 0 0
Se. schwetzi 253 2 (0.79) 0
Se. antennata 8 0 0
Se. Dubia 246 1 (0.40) 1 (0.40)
Se. Magna 58 0 0
Se. Clydei 11 0 0
Se. adleri 10 0 0
Se. buxtoni 23 0 0
Total 612 3 (0.49) 1 (0.16)

Notes: Dissections were made only in 2008 and 2009. The Se. dubia infected with L. infantum, one of the Se. schwetzi infected with L. infantum and the Se. dubia infected with L. tarentolae were caught in 2008; The other Se. schwetzi infected with L. infantum was caught in 2009