Second Blood Meal by Female Lutzomyia longipalpis: Enhancement by Oviposition and Its Effects on Digestion, Longevity, and Leishmania Infection

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Trypsin activity (a) and quantification of protein (b) in control (white bar) and Leishmania-infected (black bar) L. longipalpis females. Females were infected with L. mexicana parasites in the first blood feed and fed with blood only in the second blood feed. Asterisk indicates statistical differences between first and second blood feeding and hashtag indicates statistical differences between infected and uninfected groups. S: sugar-fed; BBF: before blood feed.

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