Kinetics of Antibody Response in BALB/c and C57BL/6 Mice Bitten by Phlebotomus papatasi
Figure 2
Correlation between the intensity of sand fly exposure and the anti-Phlebotomus papatasi saliva antibodies.
The correlation between the number of blood-fed sand fly females and the levels of anti-saliva antibodies in experimentally bitten BALB/c (A, C, E) and C57BL/6 (B, D) mice was performed using Spearman Rank Correlation Matrix. Positive correlation was detected in specific IgG (A); IgG1 (C); and IgG2b (E) in BALB/c mice and in specific IgG (B); and IgG1 (D) in C57BL/6 mice. OD = optical density.