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 3

Parous rates of P. orientalis females trapped using CDC light traps, May 2011 to April 2012.

VillagesHabitat type
Number of dissectedPeridomesticNumber of dissectedAgricultural field
Number of parous (%)Number of parous (%)

Ademeyti18060 (33.3)14463 (43.8)
Lemlem19761 (30.9)20062 (31.0)
Mentebteb4021 (52.5)8627 (31.4)

Total417142 (34.1)430153 (35.6)