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Table 1 Tabular comparison of the density of host-seeking (HLC) and resting mosquitoes (barrier screen) caught in the three study sites: Indonesia, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea

From: Barrier screens: a method to sample blood-fed and host-seeking exophilic mosquitoes

 

Host seeking

Resting mosquitoes

 

HLC b/p/n (total)

Mean/10 m barrier screen (total)

Abdominal status

Species

Female

Male

Female

Unfed% (n)

Bloodfed% (n)

Gravid% (n)

INDONESIA

 An. sundiacus

7.6 (367)

0.0 (0)

1.0 (26)

58.3 (14)

25.0 (6)

16.7 (4)

 An. vagus

0.3 (15)

0.0 (0)

0.6 (15)

53.5 (8)

26.7 (4)

20.0 (3)

 An. tesselatus

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

0.0 (1)

100.0 (1)

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

 An. kochi

0.0 (2)

0.0 (0)

0.1 (2)

50.0 (1)

50.0 (1)

0.0 (0)

 An. annularis

0.0 (1)

0.0 (0)

0.0 (1)

100.0 (1)

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

 Cx. quinquefasciatus

NA

4.2 (117)

15.5 (396)

85.6 (338)

5.6 (22)

8.9 (35)

 Cx. vishnui

NA

2.5 (65)

38.8 (992)

91.4 (907)

6.5 (64)

2.1 (21)

SOLOMON ISLANDS

 An. farauti s.s.

16.5 (1388)

0.1 (1)

4.2 (117)

36.8 (43)

62.4 (73)

0.9 (1)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

 An. bancrofti

0.0 (0)

NA

0.8 (30)

76.7 (23)

23.3 (7)

0.0 (0)

 An. farauti s.s.

20.6 (412)

NA

7.8 (311)

40.2 (125)

59.2 (184)

0.6 (2)

 An. punctulatus

0.0 (0)

NA

0.1 (3)

100.0 (3)

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

 An. longirostris

0.0 (0)

NA

0.1 (2)

50.0 (1)

50.0 (1)

0.0 (0)

 Aedes spp.

NA

NA

1.4 (54)

79.6 (43)

20.4 (11)

0.0 (0)

 Culex spp.

NA

NA

1.1 (42)

90.5 (38)

7.1 (3)

2.4 (1)

 Mansonia spp.

NA

NA

0.1 (2)

50.0 (1)

50.0 (1)

0.0 (0)

  1. The abdominal status of resting mosquitoes is noted.
  2. b/p/n = bites/person/night; NA = Not Available.