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Table 5 Species composition and distribution of phlebotomine sand flies

From: Epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in Shebelle Zone of Somali Region, eastern Ethiopia

Factor

Group

N (%)

P. orientalis

n (%)

P. rodhaini

n (%)

P. sergenti

n (%)

S. sergentomyia

n (%)

District

Gode

26 (30.6)

18 (34.6)

4 (28.6)

1 (12.5)

3 (27.3)

Adadle

59 (69.4)

34 (65.4)

10 (71.4)

7 (87.5)

8 (72.7)

Site

In doors

3 (3.5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (12.5)

2 (18.2)

Mound

32 (37.7)

24 (46.1)

4 (28.6)

3 (37.5)

1 (9.1)

Tree

16 (18.8)

7 (13.5)

2 (14.3)

2 (25.0)

5 (45.4)

Cattle shed

23 (27.1)

13 (25.0)

6 (42.8)

2 (25.0)

2 (18.2)

Artificial pond

11 (12.9)

8 (15.4)

2 (14.3)

0 (0)

1 (9.1)

Trap

CDC light

40 (47.1)

24 (46.1)

7 (50.0)

4 (50.0)

5 (45.5)

Sticky

34 (40.0)

20 (38.5)

5 (35.7)

4 (50.0)

5 (45.5)

Aspiration

11 (12.9)

8 (15.4)

2 (14.3)

0 (0)

1 (9.1)