Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) transmitting visceral leishmaniasis and their geographical distribution in China: a review

Table 2 Experimental infection of Ph. mongolensis sand flies with Leishmania obtained from VL patients or CVL-infected dogs

Year	Experimental sites (county)	Source of Leishmania strain	No. dissected	No.infected (%)	Distribution of promastigotes in sand flies
Year	Experimental sites (county)	Source of Leishmania strain	No. dissected	No.infected (%)	Pharynx	Esophagus	Proventriculus	Midgut	Hindgut	Reference
1926	Xuzhou, Jiangsu	VL patients	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	[2]
1926	Xuzhou, Jiangsu	VL hamsters	232	7(3.0)	0	0	0	7	0	[2]
1927	Jinan, Shandong	VL patients	202	0	0	0	0	0	0	[12]
		VL hamsters	1,170	430(36.8)	0	0	0	430	0
1938	Huai’an, Jiangsu	VL patients	512	6 (1.17)	0	0	0	6	0	[14]
		VL hamsters	153	50(32.7)	0	0	13	49	1
1939	Beijing	CVL dogs	449	56(12.5)	0	0	0	56	8	[15]
1958	Lanzhou, Gansu	CVL dogs	449	58(12.9)	0	0	3	53	15	^a
1958	Huiming, Shandong	VL hamsters	125	14(11.2)	0	0	0	14	0	^a

^aAnnual report, Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 1958, pp. 360–364

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