Molecular identification of different trypanosome species and subspecies in tsetse flies of northern Nigeria

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Table 2 Prevalence (95 % confidence intervals) of trypanosomes in male and female flies

Species	Sex	n	All	T. c. subspp.	T. c. S.	T. c. F.	T. v.	T. s.	T. g.
G. p. palpalis	Male	98	6.1 % (2.3–12.9 %)	3.1 % (0.6–8.7 %)	3.1 % (0.6–8.7 %)	0.0 % (0–3.7 %)	3.1 % (0.6–8.7 %)	0.0 % (0–3.7 %)	0.0 % (0–3.7 %)
G. p. palpalis	Female	100	8.0 % (3.5–15.2 %)	2.0 % (0.2–7.0 %)	2.0 % (0.2–7.0 %)	0.0 % (0–3.6 %)	6.0 % (2.2–12.6 %)	0.0 % (0–3.6 %)	0.0 % (0–3.6 %)
G. tachinoides	Male	40	2.5 % (0–13.2 %)	2.5 % (0–13.2 %)	2.5 % (0–13.2 %)	0.0 % (0–8.8 %)	0.0 % (0–8.8 %)	0.0 % (0–8.8 %)	0.0 % (0–8.8 %)
G. tachinoides	Female	161	14.3 % (9.3–20.7 %)	8.1 % (4.4–13.4 %)	6.2 % (3–11.1 %)	2.5 % (0–6.2 %)	5.6 % (2.6–10.4 %)	0.0 % (0–2.3 %)	0.6 % (0–3.4 %)
G. m. submorsitans	Male	17	11.8 % (1.5–36.4 %)	5.9 % (0–28.7 %)	0.0 % (0–19.5 %)	5.9 % (0–28.7 %)	0.0 % (0–19.5 %)	5.9 % (0–28.7 %)	0.0 % (0–19.5 %)
G. m. submorsitans	Female	72	13.9 % (6.9–24.1 %)	8.3 % (3.1–17.3 %)	8.3 % (3.1–17.3 %)	0.0 % (0-5 %)	5.6 % (1.5–13.6 %)	0.0 % (0–5 %)	0.0 % (0–5 %)

Notes: In agreement with ISID News, this table is a modification of the one available in the fellowship report by Issac et al. [23], n: sample size; All: All trypanosomes; T. c. subspp.: Trypanosoma congolense subspp. (which refers to both T. congolense subspecies combined); T. c. S.: Trypanosoma congolense Savannah; T. c. F.: Trypanosoma congolense Forest; T. v.: Trypanosoma vivax; T. s.: Trypanosoma simiae; T. g.: Trypanosoma godfreyi. 95 % confidence intervals are indicated in parentheses

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