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Table 1 Results of the entomological survey and the identification of blood meals as well as different species of trypanosomes according to each trap

From: Identification of different trypanosome species in the mid-guts of tsetse flies of the Malanga (Kimpese) sleeping sickness focus of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Trap number

Latitude

Longitude

Flies Trapped

Dissected flies

ADP

Blood meals

Teneral

TB

TBG

TV

TCS

TCF

Site A (Malanga village)

A1

5.54660°

14.34885°

23

12

5.75

-

3

-

-

-

-

1

A2

5.54633°

14.34854°

14

3

3.5

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

A3

5.54692°

14.34871°

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

A4

5.54774°

14.34972°

5

-

1.25

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

A5

5.54687°

14.35132°

32

6

8

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

A6

5.54742°

14.35162°

96

17

24

2HB, 2UN

2

-

-

-

2

-

A7

5.54710°

14.35212°

33

5

8.25

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

A8

5.54658°

14.35253°

35

10

8.75

2 PB

3

-

-

-

2

-

A9

5.54418°

14.35217°

71

9

17.75

2 PB, 1HB

4

1

1

-

-

1

A10

5.54348°

14.35270°

47

11

11.75

4 PB, 1HB

1

1

1

-

3

2

A11

5.54320°

14.35263°

18

3

4.5

1 PB

-

-

-

-

1

-

A12

5.54494°

14.35270°

28

9

7

3 PB

2

-

-

-

3

-

A13

5.54412°

14.35347°

5

3

1.25

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

A14

5.54497°

14.35431°

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

A15

5.54694°

14.35401°

51

10

12.75

-

3

-

-

-

1

-

Total

  

458

98

7.3

12 PB, 4HB, 2UN

20

3

3

0

12

4

Site B (Malanga gare)

B1

5.57142°

14.35199°

7

6

1.75

1UN

2

1

1

-

-

-

B2

5.57081°

14.35233°

9

2

2.25

1 PB

-

-

-

-

-

-

B3

5.57023°

14.35267°

25

15

6.25

3HB

1

-

-

1

1

1

B4

5.56977°

14.35247°

18

9

4.5

2 PB

-

1

1

-

-

1

B5

5.56973°

14.35330°

6

7

1.5

1HB

-

1

1

-

1

-

B6

5.56927°

14.35414°

13

7

3.25

3 PB

-

-

-

-

1

-

B7

5.56967°

14.35420°

59

17

14.75

6HB

1

3

3

-

3

1

B8

5.56944°

14.35452°

75

22

18.75

4 PB, 1HB

3

-

-

-

2

1

B9

5.56864°

14.35313°

40

3

10

3HB

1

1

1

-

-

-

B10

5.56828°

14.35343°

24

8

6

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

B11

5.56776°

14.35339°

26

15

6.5

-

1

1

1

-

1

-

B12

5.56758°

14.35390°

23

17

5.75

2 PB

3

-

-

-

1

-

B13

5.56748°

14.35422°

7

3

1.75

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

B14

5.56768°

14.35495°

21

15

5.25

2 PB

4

-

-

-

2

-

B15

5.56720°

14.35477°

59

12

14.75

2UN

2

1

-

-

2

-

B16

5.56635°

14.35462°

21

9

5.25

3 PB

1

-

-

-

-

-

B17

5.56583°

14.35449°

9

2

2.25

-

-

1

-

-

1

-

B18

5.56777°

14.35561°

49

30

12.25

6 PB, 2HB

1

-

-

-

7

1

Total

  

491

198

6.82

23 PB, 16HB, 3 UN

22

10

8

1

22

5

  1. HB: Blood meals taken on humans; PG: Blood meals taken on pigs; UN: blood meals not identified despite the amplification of cytochrome B gene; ADP: apparent density of tsetse flies per trap per day; TB: Trypanosoma brucei s.l.; TBG: Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; TCF: Trypanosoma congolense forest type; TCS: Trypanosoma congolense savannah type; TV: Trypanosoma vivax.
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