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. 2014 Feb 6;8(2):e2630. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002630

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Identified human-blood fed specimens (Boakye et al, unpublished results).

a

L. tropica DNA detection according to sequence analysis.

b

Trypanosoma sp. DNA detection according to sequence analysis.

c

L. major DNA detection according to sequence analysis.