Table 2 Summary of pathogen research results
From: Tabanids as possible pathogen vectors in Senegal (West Africa)
Pathogen | Atylotus fuscipes (n = 136) | Chrysops distinctipennis (n = 6) | Tabanus taeniola (n = 1) | Tabanus guineensis (n = 28) | Total (n = 171) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
qPCR n (%) | PCR n (%) | BLAST n (%) | qPCR n (%) | PCR n (%) | BLAST n (%) | qPCR n (%) | PCR n (%) | BLAST n (%) | qPCR n (%) | PCR n (%) | BLAST n (%) | qPCR n (%) | |
Trypanosoma spp. | 9 (6.6) | 9 (6.6) | T. theileri | 0 (0) | – | – | 0 (0) | – | – | 0 (0) | – | – | 9 (5.26) |
Leishmania spp. | 9 (6.6) | 4 (2.9) | L. donovani | 3 (50.0) | 0 (0) | – | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | – | 10 (35.7) | 2 (7.1) | L. donovani | 23 (13.4) |
Filaria | 2 (1.47) | 2 (1.5) | S. digitata | 0 (0) | – | – | – | – | – | 1(3.5) | 1 (3.57) | S. digitata | 3 (1.7) |
Rickettsia spp. | 7 (5.1) | 4 (2.7) | R. slovaca; R. africae; R. montanensis | 0 (0) | – | – | 0 (0) | – | – | 0 (0) | – | – | 7 (4.1) |
Anaplasmataceae | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0) | – | 1(16.7) | 0 (0) | – | 0 (0) | – | – | 5 (17.8) | 0 (0) | – | 7 (4.1) |
Coxiella burnetii | 0 (0) | – | – | 0 (0) | – | – | 0 (0) | – | – | 0 (0) | – | – | 0 (0) |
Mansonella spp. | 0 (0) | – | – | 0 (0) | – | – | 0 (0) | – | – | 0 (0) | – | – | 0 (0) |
Piroplasmida sp. | 0 (0) | – | – | 0 (0) | – | – | 0 (0) | – | – | 0 (0) | – | – | 0 (0) |