Predictive estimation of sandfly biting density at a focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the North Sinai Desert, Egypt.

Human-landing rates were compared with CDC light trap and oiled paper sticky trap rates to evaluate efficacy for estimating human-biting density of Phlebotomus papatasi. Strong correlation coefficients of 0.83 and 0.93 were obtained for monthly sticky trap rates and CDC light trap rates, respectively, against the monthly means for sandfly landing rate/man/hour suggesting that both methods could provide a reliable alternative method for estimating and predicting human-biting density.