Table 3.

Xenodiagnosis results: sand flies feeding rate and promastigote infection.

Dog no.	Feeding rate (%)	Promastigote detection (%)	Promastigote burden (score)*	Potential transmissibility rate (%)
1	90.7	58.3	3	52.8
2	84.9	69.1	3	59.6
3	84.4	25.5	2	19.6
4	82.3	17.5	2	7.5
5	78.0	70.0	3	60.0
6	75.7	72.7	2	63.6
7	72.2	0	0	0
8	63.6	39.3	2	30.3
9	61.9	78.9	2	50.0
10	54.2	0	0	0
11	44.8	0	0	0
12	39.3	50.0	2	36.4
13	36.5	40.7	2	27.8
14	24.4	0	0	0
15	21.1	0	0	0
16	14.4	0	0	0
17	14.3	0	0	0

^*Promastigote burden was calculated as the parasitic score average for each sand fly.