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From: Experimental infections and co-infections with Leishmania braziliensis and Leishmania infantum in two sand fly species, Lutzomyia migonei and Lutzomyia longipalpis

Figure 2

Fluorescence micrographs of thoracic midguts with cardia section and stomodeal valve of Lutzomyia spp. females on days 8 postinfection. Cardia of Lu. longipalpis (A–C) and Lu. migonei (D–F) coinfected by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis (green) and Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum (red). Control uninfected gut of Lu. longipalpis (G–I). (A,D,G) images from red fluorescence, (B,E,H) images from green fluorescence and (C,F,I) merged images, scale bar: 5 mm.

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