Table 2.

Frequency of natural Leishmania infected P. papatasi based on abdominal position and collected areas

Village	P. papatasi
	Abdomen position
	FF	G	SG	EM
Patak aerab	7	4	1	15 (1)+
Chamhendi	7 (1)+	5 (1)+	1	30
Aynkhosh	13 (1)+	2	2	28 (1)+
Borom	55 (1)+	10	2	33 (1)+
Nahre Anbar	32 (1)+	6	2 (1)+	9
Nasr	2	1	1
Fath	6	1	1	3
Total	122	30	10	118

FF full fed, G gravid, SG semi gravid, Em empty

⁺Cases positive