Skip to main content

Table 1 Summary of blackfly collection per region, village, season and trapping technique

From: Onchocerciasis transmission in Ghana: biting and parous rates of host-seeking sibling species of the Simulium damnosum complex

Region

Village

2009 wet season

2010 dry season

2011 dry season

Brong-Ahafo

Asubende

-

-

Human, Cow, V/C

Agborlekame

-

Human, Cow, V/C

-

Volta

Asukawkaw Ferry

Humana, Cowb

Human, Cow, V/C

Human, Cow, V/C

Dodi Papase

Human, Cow

Human, Cow, V/C

Human, Cow, V/C

Pillar 83/Djodji

Human, Cow

Human, Cow, V/C

Human, Cow, V/C

Western

Bosomase

Human, Cow, V/Cc

Human, Cow, V/C

-

Ashanti

Gyankobaa

Human, Cow, V/C

-

-

  1. aHuman: flies collected from the human-baited tent; bCow: flies collected from the cattle-baited tent; cV/C: flies collected by the standard OCP vector collection method.