Table 5. Sand fly infection rate and environment.
Number of tested females and number and percentage of L. infantum-positive females by PCR for each species according to the environment (indoor, peridomestic, farming and sylvatic area).
| Environment Species |
Indoor | Peridomestic | Farming area | Sylvatic area | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tested | L. inf+ a (%) | Tested | L. inf+ a (%) | Tested | L. inf+ a (%) | Tested | L. inf+ a (%) | Total | |
| Ph. duboscqi | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ph. rodhaini | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Se. schwetzi | 158 | 9 (5.70) | 265 | 18 (6.79) | 285 | 5 (1.75) | 55 | 0 | 32 (4.19) |
| Se. antennata | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Se. Dubia | 318 | 23 (7.23) | 141 | 6 (4.26) | 72 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29 (5.38) |
| Se. magna | 45 | 1 (2.22) | 64 | 4 (6.25) | 109 | 3 (2.75) | 3 | 0 | 8 (3.62) |
| Se. Clydei | 9 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Se. Adleri | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Se. buxtoni | 21 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 228 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 562 | 33 (5.87) | 573 | 28 (4.88) | 642 | 8 (1.25) | 336 | 0 | 69 (3.27) |
L. inf+: positive females showing a PCR band pattern equal to L. infantum