Research Article

Physiological Age Structure and Leishmania spp. Detection in Phlebotomus (Larroussius) orientalis (Parrot, 1936) (Diptera: Psychodidae) at an Endemic Focus of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Northern Ethiopia

Table 1

Abdominal status of female Phlebotomus spp. captured from peridomestic sites in three different villages, May 2011 to April 2012.

SpeciesNumber of dissectedNumber of unfedNumber of freshly fedNumber of half-gravidNumber of gravidTotal
Adm.Lem.Men.Adm.Lem.Men.Adm.Lem.Men.Adm.Lem.Men.Adm.Lem.Men.

P. orientalis 3623346018019740163133171721222756
P. bergeroti 310113020012013114
P. martini 0020000000002002
P. papatasi 2302300000000005
P. duboscqi 2102100000000003
P. lesleyae 1001000000000001

Total3703486318620440165133171841553781

Adm: Ademeyti; Lem: Lemlem; Men: Mentebteb.