Table 1 Number of tsetse flies harboring each animal’s 12S ribosomal RNA genes in the Maswa Game Reserve, Serengeti National Park, and Tarangire National Park
From: Parasites and blood-meal hosts of the tsetse fly in Tanzania: a metagenomics study
Species | Maswa Game Reserve N (%) | Serengeti National Park N (%) | Tarangire National Park N (%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Human | 39 (95.12%) | 19 (65.52%) | 27 (90%) | 0.0024 |
Common warthog | 12 (29.27%) | 12 (41.38%) | 8 (26.67%) | 0.4516 |
African buffalo | 3 (7.32%) | 10 (34.48%) | 1 (3.33%) | 0.0010 |
Mouse | 17 (41.46%) | 5 (17.24%) | 9 (30%) | 0.0997 |
Giraffe | 1 (2.44%) | 3 (10.34%) | 3 (10%) | 0.3268 |
African elephant | 1 (2.44%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (13.33%) | 0.0613 |
Waterbuck | 1 (2.44%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 |
Domestic pig | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3.33%) | 0.5900 |
Thomson’s gazelle | 0 (0%) | 1 (3.45%) | 0 (0%) | 0.2900 |
Duiker | 1 (2.44%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 |
Lion | 0 (0%) | 1 (3.45%) | 0 (0%) | 0.2900 |