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Table 7 Tsetse infection rates in relation to species of trypanosome

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

Tsetse species

No. trapped

No. subjected to PCR (%)

No. infected (%)

TBB (%)

TCF (%)

TCS (%)

MI (%)

G. palpalis

1772 (62.8)

451 (63.9)

82 (18.2)

41 (9.1)

23 (5.1)

12 (2.7)

7 (1.6)

G. tachinoides

1049 (37.2)

255 (36.1)

45 (17.7)

22 (8.6)

11 (4.3)

6 (2.4)

5 (2.0)

Total

2822 (100)

706 (100.0)

127 (18.0)

63 (8.9)

34 (4.8)

18 (2.6)

12 (1.7)

  1. Abbreviations: TBB, Trypanosoma brucei brucei; TCF, T. congolence forest; TCS, T. congolense savannah; MI, mixed infections