Table 1. Summary of Sergentomyia sand flies screened by molecular biological method in this study.
Location | Sand fly species | Number of unfed pools* (positive pools) | Number of blood-fed pools* ¶ (positive pools) | Total |
Klefe | S. africana africana | 5 | 1 | 6 |
S. ingrami | 10 | 2 (1)c | 12 | |
S. simillima | 12 | 2 | 14 | |
S. dissimillima | 13 | 0 | 13 | |
S. hamoni | 5 (1)a | 0 | 5 | |
Total | 45 | 5 | 50 | |
Hlefi | S. africana africana | 19 (1)b | 1 | 20 |
S. ingrami | 7 (2)c | 1 | 8 | |
S. simillima | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
S. dissimillima | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
Total | 35 | 4 | 39 | |
Taviefe | S. africana africana | 4 | 0 | 4 |
S. ingrami | 4 (1)a | 1 | 5 | |
S. simillima | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
S. dissimillima | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 12 | 1 | 13 |
Ten female specimens in each pool.
Identified human-blood fed specimens (Boakye et al, unpublished results).
L. tropica DNA detection according to sequence analysis.
Trypanosoma sp. DNA detection according to sequence analysis.
L. major DNA detection according to sequence analysis.