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Table 3 Blood meal origins of Anopheles arabiensis collected indoors and outdoors from Chano in Southwest Ethiopia

From: Blood meal origins and insecticide susceptibility of Anopheles arabiensis from Chano in South-West Ethiopia

  

Blood meal origins

Collection sites

No. analysed (HBI,%)

Human N (%)

Bovine N (%)

Mixed N (%)

Unknown N (%)

Indoor CDC light traps

988 (75)

94 (9.5)

70 (7)

644 (65)

180 (18)

Space sprays catches

352 (38)

59 (17)

154 (44)

74 (21)

65 (18.5)

Outdoor pit shelters

894 (13)

27 (3)

521 (58)

89 (10)

257 (29)

Total

2234 (44)*

180 (8)

745 (33)

807 (36)

502 (22.5)

  1. Mixed (human + bovine) blood meals were added to the number of human and bovine blood meals when calculating the HBI; numbers in parenthesis. Unknown blood meals are negative for human and bovine antibodies. * Overall HBI of An. arabiensis.