Kala-azar in Darfur: Evidence for indigenous transmission in Al-Malha Locality, North Darfur, western Sudan

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Species composition, sex ratio, relative abundance and total number of sand flies per m² collected from Al-Malha Locality, North Darfur, Sudan during the year 2013

Species	No. of male flies	No. of female flies	Relative abundance (%)^a	Total no. of flies/m^{2 b}
P. (Larroussius) orientalis	61	12	8	1.39
P. (Phlebotomus) duboscqi	2	0	0.22	0.038
P. (Phlebotomus) bergeroti	3	0	0.33	0.057
P. (Phlebotomus) papatasi	10	6	1.74	0.305
P. (Phlebotomus) heischi	2	0	0.22	0.038
S. (Sergentomyia) antennata	213	227	47.9	8.38
S. (Sergentomyia) schwetzi	65	118	19.9	3.486
S. (Sergentomyia) bedfordi	6	0	0.65	0.114
S. (Sintonius) clydei	87	46	14.5	2.533
S. (Sintonius) adleri	5	7	1.31	0.229
S. (Sintonius) affinis	8	0	0.87	0.152
S. (Grassomyia) squamipleuris	11	9	2.2	0.380
S. (Parrotomyia) africana	19	1	2.2	0.380
	487 (53%)	431 (47%)	100	17.49

^aRelative abundance was calculated as the abundance of each species (total number), divided by the total abundance of all species combined
^bNumber of flies per m² = number of collected specimens for each species per each trap (oil soaked A4 paper) × the number of A4 papers in 1m² area

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