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Table 3 Number and percentage of bloodmeal sources of P. orientalis collected from different habitats and detected by Cyt b PCR-RLB

From: Host-feeding preference of Phlebotomus orientalis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in an endemic focus of visceral leishmaniasis in northern Ethiopia

Sources of bloodmeal

Indoor

Peri-domestic

Agricultural field

Bovine

4(20)

71(66.36)

17(44.74)

Human

5(25)

7(6.54)

10 (26.32)

Goat

2(10)

1(0.93)

5(13.16)

Sheep

0

0

1(2.63)

Camel

0

0

1(2.63)

Human-Bovine

3(15)

4 (3.74)

0

Human-Bovine-Goat

3(15)

0

0

Human-Bovine-Goat-Camel

1(5)

0

0

Bovine-Goat

0

1(0.93)

0

Bovine-Sheep

0

0

1(2.63)

Unidentified

2(10)

23(21.5)

3(7.89)

Total (+cyt b PCR)

20

107

38

Negative

0

12

3

Total (tested)

20

119

41