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Table 3 Rate of tsetse trypanosome infection in the villages of Moyo and Adjumani districts, northwestern Uganda

From: Apparent density, trypanosome infection rates and host preference of tsetse flies in the sleeping sickness endemic focus of northwestern Uganda

District

Village

Total flies examined

Total infected

Infection rate (%)

T. vivax

T. brucei

T. simiae

T. Congolense

Adjumani

Olwi

12

0

0

0

0

0

0

Osugo East

35

4

11.42

3

0

0

1

Olobo

60

11

18.33

7

1

1

2

Oringya

14

2

14.2

1

0

0

1

Pagirinya

29

1

3.45

1

0

0

0

Moyo

Ori

16

1

6.25

1

0

0

0

Orubakulem

60

7

11.67

3

1

1

2

Lea

30

3

10

2

0

0

1

Cefo

8

0

0

0

0

0

0

Moyipi

8

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

 

272

29

10.67

18 (6.62%)

2(0.73%)

2(0.73%)

7(2.57%)