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Table 4 Trypanosomes infection rates per tsetse species

From: Multiple Trypanosoma infections are common amongst Glossina species in the new farming areas of Rufiji district, Tanzania

Tsetse spp

Tb

TC*

Tv

Tsm

G. pallidipes

45/82 (54.9%)

19/82 (23.2%)

26/82 (31.7%)

58/82 (70.7%)

G. m. morsitans

3/82 (3.7%)

0

3/82 (3.7%)

4/82 (4.9%)

G. brevipalpis

4/82 (4.9%)

3/82 (3.7%)

4/82 (4.9%)

7/82 (8.54%)

G. austeni

6/82 (7.3%)

5/82 (6.1%)

7/82 (8.54%)

7/82 (8.54%)

Overall

58/82 (70.73%)

27/82 (32.93%)

40/82 (48.78%)

76/82 (92.7%)

  1. * Includes the total genotypes of T. congolense. Tb = T. brucei; TC = T. congolense; Tv = T. vivax; and Tsm = T. simiae Tsavo and T. congolense Tsavo