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Table 3 Host blood meal sources of anopheline species with type of reactive case detection households in Arjo Didessa, Southwestern Ethiopia, November 2019–October 2021

From: Higher outdoor mosquito density and Plasmodium infection rates in and around malaria index case households in low transmission settings of Ethiopia: Implications for vector control

Anopheline species

HH type

Total tested, n

Single host

Mixed feeding

Other sources, n (%)

Human, n (%)

Bovine, n (%)

Goat, n (%)

Dog, n (%)

H + B + G, n (%)

B + G, n (%)

Anopheles arabiensis

Total

147

28 (19.0)

34 (23.1)

12 (8.1)

1 (0.7)

6 (4.8)

1 (0.7)

64 (43.5)

Index

40

7

8

3

0

2

0

20

Neighboring

70

14

21

6

0

3

1

25

Control

37

7

5

3

1

1

0

19

An. amharicus

Total

14

2 (14.2)

3 (21.4)

1 (7.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

8 (57.0)

Index

2

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

Neighboring

6

1

1

0

0

0

0

4

Control

6

0

1

1

0

0

0

4

An. coustani

Total

5

0

2

1

0

0

1

1

Neighboring

5

0

2

1

0

0

1

1

An. pharoensis

Total

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

Neighboring

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

Grand total

 

168

30 (17.8)

41 (24.4)

14 (8.4)

1 (0.6)

6 (3.6%)

2 (1.2%)

74 (44.0)

  1. Values in the table are given as the number (n) of blood meal sources, with the percentage in parentheses
  2. H + B + G Human + bovine + goat, B + G bovine + goat, HH household