Blood-feeding patterns of Anopheles mosquitoes in a malaria-endemic area of Bangladesh

Parasites & Vectors

Table 4 Host selection index (B_i) of Anopheles species in Kumari, Bangladesh

Species	Host data	Host selection index (B_i)				G-test value	P-value
		Human	Bovine	Goat & Sheep	Others
An. annularis	Raw	0.16	0.41*	0.43*	0	8.77	0.07
	Log-transformed	0.33*	0.39*	0.28*	0	7.63	0.11
An. baimai	Raw	0.61*	0.39*	0	0	6.10	0.19
	Log-transformed	0.77*	0.23*	0	0	9.62	0.05
An. barbirostris	Raw	0.02	0.89*	0.1	0	187.13	< 0.01
	Log-transformed	0.04	0.89*	0.07	0	153.70	< 0.01
An. hyrcanus group	Raw	0.02	0.91*	0.07	0	68.68	< 0.01
	Log-transformed	0.04	0.92*	0.05	0	57.06	< 0.01
An. karwari	Raw	0.01	0.92*	0.05	0.01	172.48	< 0.01
	Log-transformed	0.03	0.92*	0.04	0.01	143.38	< 0.01
An. maculatus s.l.	Raw	0.1	0.33*	0.53*	0.03	13.76	0.01
	Log-transformed	0.23*	0.34*	0.37*	0.06	9.35	0.05
An. minimus s.l.	Raw	0.22*	0.67*	0.11	0	67.85	< 0.01
	Log-transformed	0.39*	0.54*	0.06	0	73.23	< 0.01
An. nigerrimus	Raw	0	1.00*	0	0	108.45	< 0.01
	Log-transformed	0	1.00*	0	0	92.77	< 0.01
An. pallidus	Raw	0.15	0.56*	0.25*	0.04	11.90	0.02
	Log-transformed	0.29*	0.49*	0.15	0.06	11.26	0.02
An. peditaeniatus	Raw	0.03	0.89*	0.08	0.01	205.88	< 0.01
	Log-transformed	0.05	0.88*	0.06	0.01	169.71	< 0.01
An. philippinensis	Raw	0.08	0.84*	0.07	0.01	479.22	< 0.01
	Log-transformed	0.16	0.77*	0.04	0.02	415.25	< 0.01
An. subpictus	Raw	0.05	0.84*	0.05	0.05	60.31	< 0.01
	Log- transformed	0.1	0.78*	0.03	0.08	51.46	< 0.01
An. umbrosus	Raw	0.02	0.82*	0.17	0	297.72	< 0.01
	Log-transformed	0.04	0.84*	0.12	0	237.17	< 0.01
An. vagus	Raw	0.04	0.81*	0.12	0.03	1393.67	< 0.01
	Log-transformed	0.09	0.79*	0.08	0.05	1132.35	< 0.01

Threshold level for B_i = 0.2; * indicates the preferred host.
Values of B_i were not calculated for those species for which less than five individuals were captured.

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