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Volume 21, Number 12—December 2015
Dispatch

Vectorborne Transmission of Leishmania infantum from Hounds, United States

Robert G. Schaut, Maricela Robles-Murguia, Rachel Juelsgaard, Kevin J. Esch, Lyric C. Bartholomay, Marcelo Ramalho-Ortigao, and Christine A. PetersenComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA (R.G. Schaut, C.A. Petersen); Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA (M. Robles-Murguia, M. Ramalho-Ortigao); Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA (R. Juelsgaard, K.J. Esch); University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (L.C. Bartholomay)

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Table 2

Blood meal feeding and Leishmania infantum infection status of sandflies that fed on L. infantum–infected hamsters

Hamster no.
 No. sandflies in which blood was visible/no. examined
 PCR result for L. infantum from sandfly DNA extraction
1 1/5 –
2 2/5 +
3 1/5 –
4 0/5 Not applicable
5 3/5 2 + /1 –
6 2/5 1 +/ 1 –
7 2/5 –

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