Table 1 Mean number of sandfly species collected by animal baited traps in Dinder National Park (DNP), eastern Sudan during May 2002.

P. orientalis

P. rodhaini

S. clydei

S. Schwetzi

S. africana

S. bedfordi

S. antennatus

Control

0.4 ± 0.16

0.1 ± 0.1

2.2 ± 0.49

3.11 ± 1.16

0.9 ± 0.3

2.7 ± 0.31

0.1 ± .0.1

0.005

Dog

228.8 ± 53.5

29.7 ± 4.74

99.1 ± 17.16

83.9 ± 12.72

6.4 ± 0.9

14. 3 ± 2.09

1.24 ± 0.71

< 0.001

Mongoose

63.9 ± 12.1

5.88 ± 1.13

21.88 ± 3.98

21.0 ± 12.75

2.75 ± 0.53

12.5 ± 2.19

0.5 ± 0.72

< 0.001

Genet

17.4 ± 3.72

3.2 ± 1.05

8.6 ± 1.9

6.8 ± 1.78

3.7 ± 0.83

0.3 ± 0.21

0.5 ± 0.72

< 0.001

Nile rat

2.6 ± 0.56

1.0 ± 0.33

2.8 ± 0.39

2.5 ± 0.39

11.9 ± 1.8

2.1 ± 1.1

0.7 ± 0.26

< 0.001