Table 1 Recapture rate of An. arabiensis and An. gambiae s.s after being released to blood feed on free hosts under semi-field conditions (estimated from 6 replicates of each host-vector combination)
From: The fitness of African malaria vectors in the presence and limitation of host behaviour
Recapture rates of vector species in semi-field conditions after exposure to free hosts | ||
|---|---|---|
Host species | An. arabiensis | An. gambiae s.s |
Calf | 0.59 (0.45 – 0.71) | 0.75 (0.55 – 0.91) |
Chicken | 0.46 (0.32 – 0.60) | 0.53 (0.29 – 0.75) |
Cow | 0.56 (0.42 – 0.70) | 0.65 (0.43 – 0.85) |
Dog | 0.32 (0.20 – 0.44) | 0.87 (0.75 – 0.95) |
Goat | 0.41 (0.29 – 0.55) | 0.72 (0.52 – 0.88) |
Human | 0.40(0.28 – 0.54) | 0.82(0.66 – 0.94) |