TABLE 3.

Sand fly infection rates in Turkey by province in scientific publications from 2009 to 2020

Reference	Province	Sand fly species	Sample type	Diagnostic method	No.	Positives	Percentage infected
Özbel et al. (2016)	Aydin	Sergentomyia dentata	Individual	Dissection	51	1	1.96
Svobodová et al. (2009)	Osmaniye	Phlebotomus tobbi	Individual	Dissection	579	11	1.90
	Adana	Phlebotomus tobbi	Individual	Dissection	551	2	0.36
Özbel et al. (2016)	Aydin	Phlebotomus tobbi	Individual	Dissection	571	1	0.18
	Aydin	Phlebotomus tobbi	Individual	PCR	571	1	0.18
Bolukbas et al. (2016)	Sinop	Unknown	Individual	PCR	18	0	0.00
Töz et al. (2009)	Denizli	Unknown	Individual	Dissection	180	0	0.00
Karakuş et al. (2017)	Aydin	Phlebotomus neglectus	Pool	PCR	NA	3	5.17
	Aydin	Phlebotomus tobbi	Pool	PCR	NA	3	3.84
Demir & Karakuş (2015)	Sanliurfa	Phlebotomus sergenti	Pool	PCR	111	4	3.60
Özbel et al. (2020)	Mardin	Phlebotomus sergenti	Pool	PCR	38	1	2.63
Kavur et al. (2015)	Adana	Phlebotomus tobbi	Pool	PCR	131	2	1.53
Karakuş, Arserim, et al. (2019)	Izmir	Phlebotomus tobbi	Pool	PCR	229	3	1.31
Kavur et al. (2015)	Adana	Phlebotomus papatasi	Pool	PCR	94	1	1.06
Karakuş et al. (2017)	Aydin	Sergentomyia dentata	Pool	PCR	NA	1	1.03
Kavur et al. (2018)	Afyon	Phlebotomus halepensis	Pool	PCR	433	3	0.69
	Nidge	Phlebotomus papatasi	Pool	PCR	320	2	0.63