Table 3 Blood meal origins shown by different mosquito species caught indoors monthly in study villages.
Host | An. gambiae | An. funestus | An. Arabiensis | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Sample Tested | Positive (%) | Negative | Total Tested | Positive (%) | Negative | Total tested | Positive samples (%) | ||
Blood meal source | Â | Human | Â | Â | Human | Â | Â | Cattle | Human | Mixed (human/cattle) |
April | 120 | 104 (86.7%) | 16 | 125 | 104 (83.2%) | 21 | 117 | 98 (83.8%) | 17 (14.5%) | 2 (1.7%) |
May | 190 | 152 (80%) | 38 | 109 | 95 (87.1%) | 14 | 124 | 112(90.3%) | 12 (9.7%) | 0 (0%) |
June | 142 | 132 (92.9%) | 10 | 114 | 94 (82.4%) | 20 | 97 | 78 (80.4%) | 16 (16.5%) | 3 (3.1%) |
July | 163 | 126 (83.4%) | 37 | 113 | 109 (96.5%) | 4 | 142 | 130(91.6%) | 8 (5.6%) | 4 (2.8%) |
August | 90 | 79 (87.8%) | 11 | 140 | 113 (80.7%) | 27 | 68 | 51 (75%) | 16 (23.5%) | 1 (1.5%) |
September | 250 | 227 (90.8%) | 23 | 211 | 205 (97.2%) | 6 | 150 | 139(93.7%) | 11 (6.3%) | 0 (0%) |