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| | Lutzomyia trapidoi | 5.3 | | 5 | 20 | mice (nb) | | 3.9 | | plaques, vero (25) | | Transovarial transmission of VS-Indiana was demonstrated in exp. infected Lutzomyia trapoi and L. ylephilator, but not in L. sanguinaria or L. gomezi (26). | | Aeces aegypti | | 1.0 | 4-10 | 26 | mice (nb) | | 4.5 | | plaque assay (27, 28) | | Multiplication following inoculation has also been demonstrated in Anopheles guadrimaculatus (29), Culex quinquefasciatus (29), Perigrinus maidis (30) and Drosophila melanogaster (31) | | | | | | | | | | |
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