Table 5 Wolbachia status of selected Glossina field collections
Field collected tsetse species | Wolbachia status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cytoplasmic | Chromosomal | ||||
N | % | Estimation | N | % | |
G. pallidipes | 0/57 | 0 | no PCR amplicon, no infection | 0/57 | 0 |
G. m. centralis | 85/85 | 100 | strong PCR amplicons, fixed infection | 0/85 | 0 |
G. p. gambiensis | 15/78 | 19.2 | weak PCR amplicons, sporadic | 0/78 | 0 |
G. f. fuscipes | 2/52 | 3.8 | weak PCR amplicons, sporadic | 0/52 | 0 |
G. f. quanzensis | 1/3 | 33.3 | weak PCR amplicons, sporadic | 0/3 | 0 |
G. brevipalpis | 3/6 | 50 | strong PCR amplicons, not fixed infection | 0/6 | 0 |
G. austeni | 7/7 | 100 | strong PCR amplicons, fixed infection | 0/7 | 0 |