Table 2.
Infection rates by Trypanosoma cruzi of Meccus longipennis adults and nymphs of Meccus complex collected by the inhabitants*
| Indoors | Outdoors | Total % positive | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Positive | % Positive | N | Positive | % Positive | ||
| Los Guerrero | |||||||
| N1 + N2 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | – |
| N3 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 21.4 |
| N4 | 20 | 7 | 35.0 | 24 | 6 | 25.0 | 29.5 |
| N5 | 44 | 22 | 50.0 | 55 | 32 | 58.2 | 54.5 |
| F | 95 | 55 | 57.9 | 88 | 55 | 62.5 | 60.1 |
| M | 62 | 33 | 53.2 | 83 | 55 | 66.3 | 60.7 |
| Total | 229 | 117 | 51.1 | 257 | 151 | 58.8 | 55.1 |
| Cacalután | |||||||
| N1 + N2 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| N3 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | – | – |
| N4 | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 29.4 |
| N5 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 18 | 5 | 27.8 | 34.6 |
| F | 13 | 9 | 69.2 | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 53.3 |
| M | 30 | 17 | 56.7 | 48 | 29 | 60.4 | 59.0 |
| Total | 63 | 33 | 52.4 | 91 | 43 | 47.3 | 49.4 |
*
N1 to N5 = nymphs; F = adult female; M = adult male; N = total number of processed insects.