Table 3. Species of phlebotomine sand flies analyzed, and the number of females positive for Leishmania DNA captured in the intra- and peridomicile of rural and urban areas of Caxias municipality, Maranhao State, Brazil.
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| Intra. | Peri. | Positive samples | Intra. | Peri. | Positive samples | N | % | ||
| Lu. longipalpis | 8 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 17 | 18 | 60 | 27 | 44 |
| Ny. whitmani | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 27 |
| Ev. evandroi | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 13 |
| Mi. trinidadensis | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 13 |
| Mi. quinquefer | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Ev. lenti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ev. termitophila | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sc. sordellii | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 38 | 30 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 22 | 123 | 62 | 100 |
Lu. = Lutzomyia; Ny. = Nyssomyia; Ev. = Evandromyia; Mi. = Micropygomyia; Sc. = Sciopemyia; N = absolute number; % = percentage; Intra.= Intradomicile; Peri.= Peridomicile.