Table 1 Blood-meal sources of Anopheles mosquitoes in Mwea Rice Irrigation Scheme, in central Kenya.
Species | Location | # tested | Human (%) | Bovine | Goat | Human/bovi ne | Human/goat | Bovine/goat | Human/bovine/goat | Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An. arabiensis | Indoors | 2467 | 194 (7.9) | 1771 (71.8) | 3 (0.1) | 37 (1.5) | 0 (0) | 21 (0.9) | 6 (0.2) | 435 (17.6) |
| Â | Outdoors | 75 | 5 (6.7) | 31 (41.3) | 0 (0) | 4 (5.3) | 1 (1.3) | 5 (6.7) | (0) 0 | 29 (38.7) |
| Â | Overall | 2542 | 199 (7.8) | 1802 (70.9) | 3 (0.1) | 41 (1.6) | 1 (0.04) | 26 (1.0) | 6 (0.2) | 464 (18.3) |
An. funestus | Indoors | 181 | 52 (28.7) | 93 (51.4) | 1(0.6) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 13 (7.2) | 0 (0) | 21 (11.6) |
| Â | Outdoors | 41 | 1 (2.4) | 32 (78) | 0 (0) | 2 (4.9) | (0) 0 | 3 (7.3) | 1 (2.4) | 2 (4.9) |
| Â | Overall | 222 | 53 (23.9) | 125 (56.3) | 1 (0.5) | 3 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 16 (7.2) | 1 (0.5) | 23 (10.4) |
An. pharoensis | Indoors | 3 | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Â | Outdoors | 269 | 3 (1.1) | 189 (70.3) | 6 (2.2) | 13 (4.8) | 0 (0) | 31 (11.5) | 2 (0.7) | 25 (9.3) |
| Â | Overall | 272 | 3 (1.1) | 192 (70.6) | 6 (2.2) | 13 (4.8) | 0 (0) | 31 (11.4) | 2 (0.7) | 25 (9.2) |
An. coustani | Indoors | 1 | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Â | Outdoors | 296 | 16 (5.4) | 211 (71.3) | 3 (1.0) | 9 (3.0) | 3 (1) | 28 (9.5) | 1 (0.3) | 25 (8.4) |
| Â | Overall | 297 | 16 (5.4) | 212 (71.4) | 3 (1.0) | 9 (3.0) | 3 (1.0) | 28 (9.4) | 1 (0.3) | 25 (8.4) |
All species combined | Indoors | 2652 | 246 (9.3) | 1868 (70.4) | 4 (0.2) | 38 (1.4) | 0 (0) | 34 (1.3) | 6 (0.2) | 456 (17.2) |
| Â | Outdoors | 681 | 25 (3.7) | 463 (68) | 9 (1.3) | 28 (4.1) | 4 (0.6) | 67 (9.8) | 4 (0.6) | 81 (11.9) |
| Â | Overall | 3333 | 271 (8.1) | 2331 (69.9) | 13 (0.4) | 66 (2.0) | 4 (0.1) | 101 (3.0) | 10 (0.3) | 537 (16.1) |