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Table 4 Blood meals sources detected among the wild caught Anopheles mosquitoes

From: Blood meal profile and positivity rate with malaria parasites among different malaria vectors in Sudan

Vector identification

Meal Source

Total

Human, cattle, and goat

Human and cattle

Cattle and goat

Human

Cattle

Goat

Dog

An. arabiensis

13 (4.8%)

68 (25.9%)

8 (3.0%)

70 (26.6%)

95 (36.1%)

8 (3.0%)

1 (0.4%)

263 (96.0%)

An. rufipes

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (100%)

2 (0.7%)

An. stephensi

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

9 (100%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

9 (3.3%)

Vector Infectivity rate

An. arabiensis

P. falciparum

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

8 (42.1%)

0 (0.0%)

8 (42.1%)

3 (15.8%)

0 (0.0%)

19 (7.2%)

P. vivax

13 (52.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

12 (48.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

25 (9.5%)

Negative

0 (0.0%)

68 (31.0%)

0 (0.0%)

58 (26.5%)

87 (39.7%)

5 (2.3%)

1 (0.5%)

219 (83.3%)

Total

13 (4.9%)

68 (25.9%)

8 (3.0%)

70 (26.6%)

95 (36.1%)

8 (3.0%)

1 (0.4%)

263 (96.0%)

An. rufipes

P. falciparum

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

P. vivax

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Negative

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (100%)

2 (100%)

Total

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (100%)

2 (0.7%)

An. stephensi

P. falciparum

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

P. vivax

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Negative

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

9 (100%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

9 (100%)

Total

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

9 (100%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

9 (3.3%)

Total

13 (4.7%)

68 (24.8%)

8 (2.9%)

70 (25.5%)

104 (38.0%)

8 (2.9%)

3 (1.1%)

274 (100%)