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Table 2 Results of the molecular identification of trypanosomes

From: Trypanosome infection rates in tsetse flies in the “silent” sleeping sickness focus of Bafia in the Centre Region in Cameroon

  

PCR results

Villages

Dissected flies (%)

TCF (%)

TCS (%)

TB (%)

TVW (%)

NTI (%)

Eloa

223 (72.3)

4 (1.8)

39 (17.5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

43 (19.3)

Bouraka

24 (73)

1 (4.2)

3 (12.5)

1 (4.2)

0 (0)

5 (20.8)

Gueboba

36 (50)

7 (19.4)

6 (16.7)

1 (2.8)

1 (2.8)

15 (41.7)

Guefigue

35 (85.4)

5 (14.3)

8 (22.9)

2 (5.7)

4 (11.4)

19 (54.3)

Guientsing

4 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Total

322 (69.8)

17 (5.3)

56 (17.4)

4 (1.2)

5 (1.6)

82 (25.5)

VFET

21.108a

18.43

3.5

12.58

18.32

21.11

P value

<0.001

0.001

0.437*

0.01

0.001

0.001

  1. VFET value of Fisher's Exact Test, TCF Trypanosoma congolense forest, TCS Trypanosoma congolense savannah, TB Trypanosoma brucei s.l., TVW Trypanosoma vivax, NTI number of tsetse flies infected by at least one trypanosome species
  2. *: P value not significant; a: Pearson Chi-Square