Figure 1

The importance of feeding upon humans as a determinant of malaria transmission and vector control impact. A and B: Simulated relationship between malaria transmission intensity mediated by an Anopheles mosquito population and the proportion of blood meals that these vectors obtain from humans, in the presence and absence of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) with a mean nightly usage rate of 80%, presented with a linear (A) and logarithmic (B) vertical axis (Adapted from reference 11). C: Frequency distribution for the mean proportion of blood meals obtained from humans for the 33 most important locally dominant malaria vectors worldwide as reviewed in reference[7].