Detection of Leishmania donovani DNA within Field-Caught Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Three Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Endemic Foci of Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka

Table 1

Relative abundance and infection rate of sand flies.

Species	Abundance	Relative abundance (%)	Number of screened sand flies	Number of infected sand flies	Infection rate (%)	Parasite species
P. argentipes	1,522	91.58	87	2	2.3	L. donovani
S. punjabiensis	140	8.42	8	0	—	—
Total	1,662	100.	95	2	—	—