Table 1. Number of females exposed (1) in xenodiagnoses, and (2) to susceptible hosts, by species of Leishmania and infected host.

Animal / species of Leishmania	Females exposed in xenodiagnosis	Females that fed during xenodiagnosis (first bloodmeal)	Females exposed to susceptible host	Females that fed on susceptible host (second bloodmeal)	Infected femalesa
Dog / L. infantum
1	16	12	7	1	0
2	11	7	6	0	0
3	5	4	4	0	0
4	7	7	5	2	0
5	143	76	37	26	13
6	458	150	85	42	0
Hamster / L. amazonensis
1	95	37	21	6	3
2	41	16	2	2	1
3	56	24	6	6	4

^aInfected females among those that made the second bloodmeal.