Table 1 Host feeding preference experiments with baited mosquito-nets
Date | April 2002 | May 2002 | June 2002 | July 2002 | August 2002 | August 2002 | April 2003 | May 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of nights sampled | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Man | 24 | 17 | 53 | 22 | 36 | 13 | 21 | 322 |
Cow | 49 | |||||||
Donkey | 114 | 37 | 42 | 8 | 162 | |||
Sheep | 89 | 56 | 13 | 90 | ||||
Goat | 13 | 26 | 20 | 52 | ||||
Pig | 15 | 5 | ||||||
Dog | 1 | |||||||
Chicken | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Empty net | 1 | |||||||
% of mosquitoes attracted to "man" | 12.8 | 25 | 31.5 | 15.7 | 70.6 | 68.5 | 50 | 51.4 |
% of mosquitoes attracted to "man"(weighted) | 18 | 24.7 | 18.7 | 10.9 | 54.5 | 52 | 40.1 | 45.1 |