Visceral Leishmaniasis in West Africa: Clinical Characteristics, Vectors, and Reservoirs

Table 1

VL cases, vectors, and animals in West Africa.

Country/location	Cases				Vectors	Animals
	Number	Date	Age (years)	sex
Mali	0	no data
Senegal	0	no data			Sergentomyia sp.	Domestic dogs
Niger	94	1948-1991			P. orientalis,
	1	Sep-92	23
	1	Mar-93	24		P. alexandri
	1	Mar-93	30
	1	Mar-93	36
	1	Apr-93	37
	1	Dec-94	25
Nigeria	1	2005
	2	2007
	57	2012				Domestic dogs
The Gambia	1	1949	15	Male
	1	1980	6	Female
	1	1982	6	Female
Burkina Faso	1	1978		Male		Domestic dogs
Togo	1	1994
Guinea	0	no data
Guinea-Bissau	1	1990
Liberia	0	no data
Ghana	0	no data
Mauritania	0	no data
Cote d’Ivoire	1	9-Jun-04	31	Female
	1	14-Sep-04	65	Female
	1	25-Apr-05	5
	1	2004	37	Female
	1	2004	26	Female
Total	171