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Table 5 Explication of the detected Plasmodium species detected in the blood meals of the wild caught Anopheles mosquitoes

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

 

Parasite detection

Total

P value

P. falciparum

P. vivax

Negative

Human

0 (0.0%)

25 (16.6%)

126 (83.4%)

151 (55.1%)

0.001

Cattle

16 (8.3%)

13 (6.8%)

164 (84.9%)

193 (70.4%)

0.052

Goat

11 (37.9%)

13 (44.8%)

5 (17.3%)

29 (10.6%)

0.001

Dog

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (100%)

3 (1.1%)

0.748

Bird

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

na

Reptile

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

na