Research Article
Feeding Patterns and Xenomonitoring of Trypanosomes among Tsetse Flies around the Gashaka-Gumti National Park in Nigeria
Table 3
Tsetse infection rates in relation to Trypanosoma species identified.
| | Tsetse species | Total catch | Number dissected | Number infected | Number of pools | T. brucei (%) | T. congolense (%) | Mixed infections |
| | G. palpalis | 408 (64.7) | 347 (65.3) | 19 (5.5) | 9 | 5 (55.6) | 2 (22.2) | 2 (22.2) | | G. tachinoides | 223 (35.3) | 184 (34.7) | 8 (4.3) | 4 | 3 (75.0) | 1 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | | Total | 631 (100) | 531 (100) | 27 (5.1) | 13 | 8 (61.5) | 3 (23.1) | 2 (15.4) | | — | — | 0.3168 | — | 0.4424 | 0.0120 | 1.0510 | | value | — | — | 0.5735 | — | 0.5060 | 0.9126 | 0.3054 |
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