Leishmaniasis sand fly vector density reduction is less marked in destitute housing after insecticide thermal fogging

Table 1 Sand Fly species abundance in the control and fogged houses

Species	Control		Fogged
	Domicile	Peridomicile	Domicile	Peridomicile
Lutzomyia trapidoi (Fairchild & Hertig)	562	158	228	203
Lu. gomezi (Nitzulescu)	448	238	291	169
Lu. panamensis (Shannon)	99	470	88	310
Lu. triramula (Fairchild & Hertig)	71	902	25	152
Lu. dysponeta (Fairchild & Hertig)	67	193	126	104
Other anthropophilic species	148	79	68	76
Other zoophilic species	87	116	51	88
Unidentified	2	1	4	4
Total	1484	2157	881	1106

The bottom row shows the total number of individuals sampled in each category. A total of 24 houses were monitored (12 as control and 12 for the fogging) and each house underwent a total sampling effort of 24 trap nights (12 Domicile and 12 Peridomicile). Abundance is for combined male and female counts.

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