Table 2. Leishmania DNA detection in phlebotomine sand flies from low jungle (Madre de Dios) and high jungle (San Martin) regions in Peru.
| Region | Study site | Trap type | Trap code | Lutzomyia species | Females per pool | kDNA PCR | Nested cytB PCR | cytB sequencing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madre de Dios | Flor de Acre | UV | TTE-005 | Lu. (Trichophoromyia) spp. | 10 | + | - | |
| UV | TTE-015 | Lu. hirsuta hirsuta | 1 | + | - | |||
| UV | TTE-156 | Lu. carrerai carrerai | 3 | + | + | L. (V.) guyanensis | ||
| UV | TTE-157 | Lu. whitmani | 4 | + | - | |||
| Blue LED | TTE-063 | Lu. carrerai carrerai | 6 | + | - | |||
| Blue LED | TTE-133 | Lu. davisi | 10 | + | - | |||
| Blue LED | TTE-140 | Lu. davisi | 10 | + | - | |||
| Blue LED | TTE-144 | Lu. whitmani | 10 | + | - | |||
| Green LED | TTE-036 | Lu. davisi | 2 | + | - | |||
| San Martin | Bocatoma de Shilcayo | MM | T14-SM-011 | Lu. hirsuta hirsuta | 9 | + | - | |
| Blue LED | T14-SM-127 | Lu. hirsuta hirsuta | 6 | + | + | L. (V.) naiffi | ||
| Centro de Rescate Urku | CDC | T14-SM-065 | Lu. (Sciopemyia) spp. | 1 | + | - | ||
| CDC | T14-SM-146 | Lu. nevesi | 2 | + | - | |||
| UV | T14-SM-160 | Lu. nevesi | 10 | + | - | |||
| Blue LED | T14-SM-089 | Lu. (Pressatia) spp. | 1 | + | - | |||
| Cordillera Escalera Lodge | CDC | T14-SM-079 | Lu. nevesi | 1 | + | - | ||
| Blue LED | T14-SM-119 | Lu. nevesi | 10 | + | - | |||
| Blue LED | T14-SM-120 | Lu. nevesi | 10 | + | - | |||
| Blue LED | T14-SM-121 | Lu. nevesi | 10 | + | - | |||
| Blue LED | T14-SM-123 | Lu. nevesi | 10 | + | - |