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

Figure 5

Population estimates of Leishmania mexicana promastigotes in the gut of L. longipalpis females after the first and second blood feed. Females were infected with parasites in the first blood feeding and fed only with blood in the second blood feeding. Red circle denotes heavily infected insects after the second blood feed.