Sleeping sickness and its relationship with development and biodiversity conservation in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia

Table 2 Summary of trypanosomes detected in major surveys of wildlife in the Luangwa Valley

Species (n)	Survey reference	*T. brucei*	*T. congolense*	*T. vivax*	Total	Percentage positive
African wild dog (5)	[12,37]	0	0	0	0	0.0
Baboon (20)	[37,70]	0	0	0	0	0.0
Bat (2)	[37]	0	0	0	0	0.0
Black rhinoceros (6)	[9,37]	0	0	0	0	0.0
Buffalo (88)	[12,37,71]	1	2	6	9	10.2
Bushbuck (66)	[9,12,37,71]	12	18	5	31**	47.0
Bushpig (4)	[9,71]	0	0	0	0	0.0
Cane rat (1)	[37]	0	0	0	0	0.0
Civit (6)	[37]	0	1	0	1	17.0
Crocodile (6)	[12,37]	0	0	0	0	0.0
Duiker (7)	[37]	0	2	1	3	42.9
Eland (4)	[12]	0	2	1	2*	50.0
Elephant (28)	[9,12,37]	0	2	0	2	7.1
Genet (6)	[37]	0	0	0	0	0.0
Giraffe (2)	[12,37]	1	0	0	1	50.0
Greater kudu (41)	[9,12,37,71]	0	19	7	18****	43.9
Grysbok (9)	[12,37]	0	0	0	0	0.0
Hare (10)	[37]	0	0	0	0	0.0
Hartebeest (11)	[9,12,71]	1	0	0	1	9.1
Hippopotamus (280)	[9,12,37]	5	0	1	6	2.1
Hyaena (14)	[12,37]	2	2	0	4	28.6
Impala (106)	[9,12,37,71]	4	2	0	7*	6.6
Jackal (1)	[37]	0	0	0	0	0.0
Leopard (16)	[12,37]	2	0	0	2	12.5
Lion (22)	[9,12,37]	5	7	0	12	54.5
Mongoose (2)	[37]	0	0	0	2	0.0
Puku (96)	[9,12,37,71]	2	2	2	6	6.3
Porcupine (1)	[37]	0	0	0	0	0.0
Roan (24)	[9,12,37]	0	3	0	3	12.5
Serval (2)	[37]	0	0	0	0	0.0
Vervet monkey (19)	[12,37]	0	0	0	0	0.0
Warthog (92)		5	9†	1	14*	15.2
Waterbuck (65)	[9,12,37,71]	7	6	26	43*****	66.2
Wild cat (1)	[37]	0	0	0	0	0.0
Wildebeest (20)	[9,12,37,71]	1	1	1	2*	10.0
Zebra (43)	[9,12,37,71]	0	0	0	0	0.0

*includes one mixed infection, **includes two mixed infections, ****includes four mixed infections, *****includes five mixed infections and †includes four T. simiae infections.

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