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Table 1 Prevalence (infected/dissected ratio) of trypanosomatids in experimentally infected flies

From: Vickermania gen. nov., trypanosomatids that use two joined flagella to resist midgut peristaltic flow within the fly host

Host/parasite combination

Day 1

Day 3

Day 5

Day 15

Isolation (day 20)

Horizontal transmission

Calliphora vicina/CP021

3/3

6/6

0/10

n/a

n/a

n/a

Calliphora vicina/S13

3/3

6/6

4/10

4/9

n/a

0/10

Lucilia sericata/CP021

5/5

5/8

6/12

3/7

20/23

0/20

Lucilia sericata/S13

5/5

6/6

6/6

10/10

20/20

6/21