Table 1.
Distribution of trypanosome species detected by microscopy in the study area
| Trypanosome species | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites | N | Negatives | Tb | Tb-like | Tv | Tc | Tc + Tv | Tc + Tb | Tv + Tb | Tc + Tb + Tv | T. spp. prevalence (%) |
| Vina | 265 | 259 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 |
| Faro et Deo | 196 | 165 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15.8 |
| Mayo-Rey | 316 | 305 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 |
| Faro | 176 | 168 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Total | 953 | 897 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 5.9 |
Tb: T. brucei, Tb-like: T. brucei-like, Tc: T. congolense, Tv: T. vivax. Animals from Mayo Tsanaga area were not considered because microscopy data collection was not carried out at this location and one positive animal suspected to be hybrid was not included in this table