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Table 4 Results of ELISA assays on bloodmeals of P. orientalis collected from different study villages of Tahtay Adiyabo district

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

Sources of bloodmeal

Ademeyti

Lemlem

Mentebteb

Total

Bovine

113 (51.36)

98 (42.61)

2 (28.57)

213 (46.61)

Donkey

16 (7.27)

25 (10.87)

3 (42.86)

44 (9.63)

Human

12 (5.45)

17 (7.39)

2 (28.57)

31 (6.78)

Goat/sheep

13 (5.45)

11 (4.78)

0

23 (5.03)

Dog

3 (1.36)

5 (2.17)

0

8 (1.75)

Bovine-Donkey-Dog

10 (4,55

19 (8.26)

0

29 (6.35)

Bovine-Dog

12 (5.45)

8 (3.48)

0

20 (4.38)

Bovine-Donkey

1 (0.45)

0

0

1 (0.22)

Donkey-Dog

4 (1.82)

6 (2.61)

0

10 (2.19)

Human-Bovine-Dog

2 (0.92)

0 (0)

0

2 (0.44)

Human-Bovine

2 (0.92)

7 (3.04)

0

9 (1.97)

Human-Bovine-Donkey

11 (5)

10 (4.35)

0

21 (4.6)

Human-Donkey

0

5 (2.17)

0

5 (1.1)

Human-Dog

1 (0.45)

2 (0.87)

0

3 (0.66)

Human-Donkey-Dog

1 (0.45)

2 (0.87)

0

3 (0.66)

Unidentified

20 (9.09)

15 (6.52)

0

35 (7.66)

Total

220

230

7

457