Fitness Cost of Litomosoides sigmodontis Filarial Infection in Mite Vectors; Implications of Infected Haematophagous Arthropod Excretory Products in Host-Vector Interactions
Figure 1
Distribution of L. sigmodontis infective larvae in O. bacoti mites. Five groups of 12-day infected mites () fed on different jirds were dissected. Infected larvae (L3) were recovered and counted. (a) The frequency of L3 in mites was evaluated and the distribution analysed; a curve fit using nonlinear fitting is shown; each point and error bars are mean ± SEM. (b) Five classes of L3 are made and the cumulative frequency of L3 in mites is presented.
