Skip to main content

Table 6 Apparent densities and infection rates of tsetse flies per season

From: Eco-epidemiology of porcine trypanosomosis in Karim Lamido, Nigeria: prevalence, seasonal distribution, tsetse density and infection rates

Season

Catch/trap/day

Total catch

No. of dead flies (%)

No. of teneral flies

No. of subjected to PCR

No. of infected (%)

GP (%)

GT (%)

Early dry

3.4

485

12 (2.5)

3 (0.6)

122

10 (8.2)

7 (5.7)

3 (2.5)

Late dry

3.9

568

7 (1.2)

5 (0.9)

142

18 (12.7)

6 (4.2)

12 (8.5)

Early rainy

5.0

713

6 (0.8)

9 (1.3)

178

37 (20.8)

23 (12.9)

14 (7.9)

Late rainy

7.3

1056

7 (0.7)

11 (1.0)

264

62 (23.5)

43 (16.3)

19 (7.2)

Total

4.9

2822

32 (1.1)

28 (1.0)

706

127 (18.0)

79 (11.2)

48 (6.8)

  1. Abbreviations: GP, Glossina palpalis; GT, Glossina tachinoides