Tsetse distribution, trypanosome infection rates, and small-holder livestock producers’ capacity enhancement for sustainable tsetse and trypanosomiasis control in Busia, Kenya

Table 1 Summary of tsetse fly catches and Trypanosoma parasite positivity rates identified by dissection

Study site (village)	Traps with tsetse (%), N = 20	Total flies captured	Tsetse species	Identification of teneral and non-teneral				Apparent fly densities (FTD)^a (%)	Number dissected	Number with trypanosomes	Infection rate (%)	Trypanosome species
Study site (village)	Traps with tsetse (%), N = 20	Total flies captured	Tsetse species	Teneral male	Non-teneral male	Teneral female	Non-teneral female	Apparent fly densities (FTD)^a (%)	Number dissected	Number with trypanosomes	Infection rate (%)	Trypanosome species
Kwangamor	19 (95)	62	G. f. fuscipes	9	13	3	37	1.55	50	1	1.39	T. congolense
Kwangamor	19 (95)	62	G. f. fuscipes	9	13	3	37	1.55	50	2	4.0	T. vivax
Obekai	4 (20)	6	G. f. fuscipes	0	2	0	4	0.15	6	1	0.17	T. vivax
Ngelechom	5 (25)	11	G. f. fuscipes	3	2	2	4	0.28	6	0	0.0
Kapesur	3 (15)	3	G. pallidipes	0	1	0	2	0.08	3	0	0.0
Ikapolok	6 (30)	12	G. f. fuscipes	2	2	0	8	0.30	10	0	0.0

^aApparent tsetse density FTD = ΣF/(T × D) where FTD means the average fly count per trap per day, ΣF is the total number of captured flies, T is the total number of functional traps used, and D is the number of days (48 h) for which the traps were functional

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