Table 4. Details of the phlebotomine sand flies fauna per study site identified by MALDI-TOF MS.
| Study sites | Number of sand flies captured stored at -80°C | Number of non-engorged sand flies stored at -80°C submitted to MALDI-TOF MS (%)(a) | Number of P. (Larroussius) perniciosus (%)(b) | Number of P. (Larroussius) perfiliewi (%)(b) | Number of P. (Larroussius) longicuspis (%)(b) | Number of P. (Phlebotomus) papatasi (%)(b) | Number of P. (Paraphlebotomus) sergenti (%)(b) | Number of S. (Sergentomyia) minuta (%)(b) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mostaganem | 560 | 162 (28.9%) | 115 (71.0%) | 18 (11.1%) | 24 (14.8%) | 3 (1.9%) | 1 (0.6%) | 1 (0.6%) |
| Annaba | 300 | 81 (27.0%) | 56 (69.1%) | 23 (28.4%) | 2 (2.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Tizi-Ouzou | 352 | 89 (25%) | 34 (38.2%) | 16 (18.0%) | 36 (40.4%) | 1 (1.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (2.2%) |
| M’sila | 30 | 30 (100%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 30 (100%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Total (%)(c) | 1242 | 362 (29.1%) | 205 (56.6%) | 57 (15.7%) | 62 (17.1%) | 34 (9.4%) | 1(0.3%) | 3 (0.8%) |
| ID log score-values*[low-High] | [1.907–2.761] | [1.908–2.802] | [1.941–2.774] | [2.008–2.785] | [1.907] |
(a)Corresponding to the 28 specimens included in the reference database plus the 80 and 254 non-engorged specimens and stored by freezing subjected to MALDI-TOF MS analysis from blind tests 1 and 2, respectively.
(b)Proportion of sand fly specimens per species according to location.
(c)Proportion of sand fly specimens per species regardless of location.
*Range of log score values.