Study period
| |
No. of chrysops caught*
|
BD
|
TP
|
Infection rate (%)
|
Infective rate (%)
|
MHL3 load
|
---|
| |
S
|
D
|
S+D
|
S
|
D
|
S+D
|
S
|
D
|
S+D
|
S
|
D
|
S+D
|
S
|
D
|
S+D
|
S
|
D
|
S+D
|
---|
March
| |
63
|
10
|
73
|
32.6
|
5.2
|
37.8
|
55.6
|
0.0
|
55.6
|
3.6
|
20.0
|
6.2
|
3.6
|
0.0
|
3.1
|
53.5
|
0.0
|
53.5
|
April
| |
251
|
56
|
307
|
125.5
|
28.0
|
153.5
|
754.9
|
9.0
|
763.9
|
9.3
|
12.5
|
9.9
|
3.6
|
3.6
|
3.6
|
162.5
|
9.0
|
134.5
|
May
| |
184
|
41
|
225
|
47.5
|
10.6
|
58.1
|
12.4
|
0.0
|
12.4
|
7.0
|
0.0
|
5.8
|
1.6
|
0.0
|
1.3
|
16.0
|
0.0
|
16.0
|
June
| |
339
|
38
|
377
|
78.2
|
8.8
|
87.0
|
95.1
|
4.6
|
99.7
|
5.3
|
10.5
|
5.8
|
0.9
|
2.6
|
1.1
|
137.4
|
20.0
|
108
|
|
Total
|
837
|
145
|
982
|
283.8
|
52.6
|
336.4
|
918
|
13.6
|
931.6
|
6.7
|
9.0
|
7.1
|
2.1
|
2.1
|
2.1
|
119.4
|
12.7
|
103.4
|
|
p-value
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
| |
0.94
|
-
|
0.89
| |
-
| |
- *All the Chrysops were dissected except six C. silacea caught in March (2) and April (4); BD= biting densities; TP= transmission potential; MHL3= mean head L3 load; S= Chrysops silacea; D= Chrysops dimidiata; S+D= both species combined.