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Table 2 Blood meal analysis results

From: Impact of cattle on the abundance of indoor and outdoor resting malaria vectors in southern Malawi

Female anophelines

Cattle presence (a) or absence (b)

Cow

Human

Mammal

Goat

No amplifications

In

Out

In

Out

In

Out

In

Out

In

Out

An. gambiae s.l.

a

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

b

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

An. funestus s.l.

a

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

b

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

An. arabiensis

a

8

3

0

0

3

0

0

0

2

5

b

6

1

1

0

1

1

1

0

2

1

An. gambiae s.s.

a

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

b

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

An. funestus s.s.

a

0

0

0

0

2

1

0

0

6

0

b

1

0

0

0

8

0

0

0

9

0

An. rivulorum-like

a

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

b

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Totals

 

22

1

17

2

33

  1. An. gambiae s.l. and An. funestus s.l.: species-specific PCR failed to amplify
  2. Mammal: blood meals were positive for mammal-specific PCR, but did not amplify for human, cattle, goat, pig or dog