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Table 6 Verified blood-meal sources for Anopheles gambiae s.s. and Anopheles arabiensis

From: Malaria vectors and their blood-meal sources in an area of high bed net ownership in the western Kenya highlands

Species

Anopheles gambiae s.s.

Anopheles arabiensis

Proportion % (count/49)

Proportion % (count/49)

Blood-meal sources

 Human

53.1 (26)

2.0 (1)

 Goat

26.5 (13)

0.0 (0)

 Bovine

18.4 (9)

0.0 (0)

Single blood-meal sources

 Human

26.5 (13)

2.0 (1)

 Bovine

8.2 (4)

0.0 (0)

 Goat

2.0 (1)

0.0 (0)

Mixed blood-meal sources

 Human/goat

24.5 (12)

0.0 (0)

 Human/bovine

10.2 (5)

0.0 (0)

 Human/bovine/goat

8.2 (4)

0.0 (0)

 Bovine/goat

8.2 (4)

0.0 (0)