Figure 1.
Study area showing the national parks and game management areas.
Hunting blocks: 1 - Chanjuzi / Nyaminga; 2 - Chifunda; 3 - Lower Lupande; 4 Luawata; 5 - Mukungule; 6 - Munyamadzi Game Ranch; 7 - Mwanya; 8 - Nyampala; 9 - Upper Lupande. The inset figure shows the approximate location of the Luangwa Valley in Zambia.
Table 1.
Comparison of the methods used to group species for the analysis.
Table 2.
Summary of the species and age distribution of animals sampled.
Figure 2.
Bar charts of overall trypanosome prevalence.
Prevalence is plotted against (A) wildlife species, (B) taxonomy group, (C) habitat group and (D) blood meal preference group. Only the species with at least one positive sample are shown in each graph. Error bars represent exact binomial 95% confidence intervals.
Table 3.
Summary of the univariable prevalence and odds ratios for overall trypanosome prevalence in each host species and taxonomy group.
Figure 3.
Spatial distribution and infection status of samples collected.
(A) T. brucei s.l. and T. b. rhodesiense, (B) T. congolense and T. vivax. GPS data were lacking for many of the samples collected from professional hunters and these samples are not represented in the figures.
Table 4.
Univariable Analysis of deviance table for infection with all trypanosome species using the combined dataset.
Figure 4.
Bar charts of individual trypanosome species prevalence.
Prevalence of (A) T. brucei s.l., (B) T. congolense and (C) T. vivax plotted against wildlife species. Only the species with at least one positive sample are shown in each graph. Error bars represent exact binomial 95% confidence intervals.
Table 5.
Summary of the prevalence and odds ratios for T. brucei s.l., T. congolense and T. vivax in each host species.
Table 6.
Summary of trypanosomes detected in previous surveys of wildlife in the Luangwa Valley by Kinghorn et al (1913), Keymer (1969) and Dillmann (1979).