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Table 4 Blood-meal sources for Anopheles gambiae s.l. and for Anopheles funestus during 1997-1998 and 2009-2010 in south coast, Kenya

From: Impact of insecticide-treated bed nets on malaria transmission indices on the south coast of Kenya

Study period

Species

Tested

Blood meals

   

Human

Cattle

Chicken

Goat

Mouse

1997-1998

An. gambiae s.l.

312

238 (98.4)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.4)

3 (1.2)

0 (0.0)

 

An. funestus

244

196 (99.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

 

Total

556

434 (98.9)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.2)

4 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

2009-2010

An. gambiae s.l.

141

115 (83.9)

11 (8.0)

0 (0.0)

11 (8. 0)

0 (0.0)

 

An. funestus

91

79 (94.1)

3 (3.6)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.2)

1 (1.2)

 

Total

232

194 (87.8)

14 (6.3)

0 (0.0)

12 (5.4)

1(0.5)

  1. Data for 1997-1998 was derived from [40]