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. 2021 Jun 2;14:293. doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-04782-7

Table 2.

Type and number (prevalence) of trypanosome infections according to tsetse species

Tsetse species (NTA) Type of infections Body parts Trypanosome species NIT (%)
Glossina morsitans submorsitans (345) Single infections Proboscis or tsetse body T. simiae (64 b and 4 p) 68 (19.7)
TCS (39 b and 16 p) 55 (15.9)
T. vivax (7 b and 32 p) 39 (11.3)
T. goffreyi (30 b and 4 p) 34 (9.8)
Total of single infections 196 (56.7)
Mixed infections Tsetse body T. simiae and TCS 2(0.6)
T. simiae and T. godfreyi 1 (0.3)
T. godfreyi and TCS 2 (0.6)
T. simiae and T. vivax 1 (0.3)
Mixed infections in tsetse body 6 (1.7)
Proboscis and tsetse body T. simiae (b) and T. vivax (p) 5 (1.4)
TCS (b) and T. vivax (p) 3 (1.4)
T. godfreyi (b) and T. vivax (p) 2 (0.6)
Mixed infections in proboscis and tsetse body 10 (2.9)
Total of mixed infections 16 (4.6)
Total of infected G. m. submorsitans 212 (61.4)
G. fuscipes fuscipes (11) Single infections (proboscis (p) or tsetse body (b) T. simiae (b) 2 (18.2)
TCS (b) 3 (27.2)
T. vivax (1 b and 1 p) 2 (18.2)
T. goffreyi (b) 1 (9.1)
Total of infected G. f. fuscipes 8 (72.7)
G. tachinoides (3) Single infections (Proboscis or tsetse body) TCS (b) 1 (33.3)
T. vivax (p) 1 (33.3)
Total of infected G. tachinoides 2 (66.6)
Total (359) 222 (61.8)

NIT Number of infected tsetse flies, NTA Number of tsetse flies analysed, TCS Trypanosoma congolense savannah, p proboscis, b tsetse body