Research Article
Detection of Leishmania DNA in Phlebotomine Sand Flies in Tsatee, a Community in the Volta Region, Ghana
Table 2
Infection rates in non-blood-fed sand flies.
| | Species | Total pools | Minimum pool size | Maximum pool size | No. of positive | Infection rates (95% CI) |
| | S. africana | 138 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 0.16 (0.41-0.42) | | S. antennata | 25 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0.63 (0.02-3.20) | | S. dureni | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3.30 (0.1-16.04) | | S. ghesquierei | 15 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1.05 (0.03-5.30) | | S. hamoni | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2.60 (0.08-12.80) | | S. ingrami | 19 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1.92 (0.06-9.52) | | S. schwetzi | 19 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1.80 (0.06-9.01) | | S. similima | 34 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0.32 (0.01-1.60) | | P. rodhaini | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33 (1.23-88.32) | | S. collarti | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 283 | | | 12 | |
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CI: confidence interval.
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