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Table 4 Blood meal sources of the Anopheles species, Adami Tullu district

From: Malaria incidence and entomological findings in an area targeted for a cluster-randomized controlled trial to prevent malaria in Ethiopia: results from a pilot study

Anopheles species

Collection venues

No. analyzed N (HBI)

Blood meals sources

Human N (HBI)

Bovine N (BBI)

Mixed N (MBI)

Unknown N

An. arabiensis

CDC-LT

24 (0.75)

15 (0.63)

6 (0.25)

3 (0.13)

0

PSC

48 (0.79)

35 (0.73)

10 (0.21)

3 (0.06)

0

Pit shelter

19 (0.37)

4 (0.21)

10 (0.53)

3 (0.16)

2 (0.11)

Total

91 (0.69)

54 (0.59)

26 (0.29)

9 (0.09)

2 (0.02)

An. pharoensis

CDC-LT

7 (1.00)

6 (0.86)

0

1 (0.14)

0

PSC

2 (1.00)

2 (1.00)

0

0

0

Total

9 (1.00)

8 (0.89)

0

1 (0.11)

0

An. ziemanni

CDC-LT

3 (0.67)

2 (0.67)

1 (0.33)

0

0

Pit shelter

3 (0.33)

0

2 (0.67)

1 (0.33)

0

Total

6 (0.50)

2 (0.33)

3 (0.50)

1 (0.17)

0

An. funestus

Pit shelter

1

0

1

0

0

Overall Anopheles

107 (0.7)

64 (0.60)

30 (0.30)

11 (0.10)

2 (0.20)

  1. When computing for human blood index (HBI) and bovine blood index (BBI), mixed blood meals were added to the number of human blood and bovine blood meals. Mixed blood meals = human + bovine, unknown blood meals are negative for both human and bovine antibodies, show Soverall HBI