Studies on the epidemiology of leishmaniasis in Kenya: flight range of phlebotomine sandflies in Marigat, Baringo District.
A study on the flight range of phlebotomine sandflies using the mark-release-recapture technique was undertaken in Marigat, Baringo District, Kenya, to determine the distance sandflies are able to travel and assess their importance in disease transmission. Over a period of 17 months, a total of 108,429 sandflies collected from their natural habitats were marked and released from a central point in a valley. Of these, 842 (0.8%) sandflies comprising 11 species were recaptured. Ninety-five percent of the recaptured sandflies were recovered within a radius of 50 m from the release point and 54% within a radius of 10 m. Two Sergentomyia ingrami females were recaptured at a distance of 1000 m from the release point.
Mutinga
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International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya.
Kamau
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Basimike
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Mutero
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Kyai
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D000818:Animals; D005426:Flight, Animal; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology*; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000502:physiology*