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Studies on Infection Rates of Human-Baited Anthropophilic Sandflies in Machakos District, Kenya

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Investigation of sandfly vectors of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) was intensified after the epidemic outbreak of the latter in Machakos District, Kenya, in the early 1970s. Studies were carried out to assess the infection rate of potential vectors using human baits during the height of the 1978 epidemic outbreak. The results presented here indicated that, in Machakos District, sandflies captured when coming to human baits had higher infection rates than those collected in the natural resting sites using suction tubes.

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  1. International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya

    Mutuku J. Mutinga & Thomas R. Odhiambo

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Mutinga, M.J., Odhiambo, T.R. Studies on Infection Rates of Human-Baited Anthropophilic Sandflies in Machakos District, Kenya. Int J Trop Insect Sci 3, 211–214 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400005816

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