Table 1 Variation in blood meal origins of Anopheles mosquitoes from different collection sites in Chano village in southwest Ethiopia
Blood meal origins | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Collection methods | Species | No. analysed | Human (%) | Bovine (%) | Mixed (%) | Unknown (%) |
CDC light traps | An. arabiensis | 988 | 94 (9.5) | 70 (7.1) | 644 (65.2) | 180 (18.2) |
An. marshalli | 164 | 45 (27.4) | 6 (3.7) | 103 (62.8) | 10 (6.1) | |
An. garnhami | 7 | 4 (57) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (29) | 1 (14) | |
An. pharoensis | 7 | 1 (14) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (29) | 4 (57) | |
An. tenebrosus | 4 | 1 (25) | 1 (25) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (50) | |
An. funestus group | 1 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
PSC | An. arabiensis | 352 | 59 (16.8) | 154 (43.8) | 74 (21) | 65 (18.4) |
An. marshalli | 56 | 9 (16.1) | 23 (41.1) | 18 (32.1) | 6 (10.7) | |
An. garnhami | 7 | 3 (42.9) | 2 (28.6) | 2 (28.6) | 0 (0.0) | |
An. funestus group | 1 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) | |
Pit shelters | An. arabiensis | 894 | 27 (3.0) | 521 (58.3) | 89 (10) | 257 (28.7) |
An. marshalli | 436 | 14 (3.2) | 279 (64) | 54 (12.4) | 89 (20.4) | |
An. garnhami | 35 | 2 (5.7) | 21 (60) | 5 (14.3) | 7 (20) | |
An. funestus group | 14 | 0 (0.0) | 5 (35.7) | 3 (21.4) | 6 (42.9) | |
An. tenebrosus | 1 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) | |
Total | 2967 | 259 (8.7) | 1089 (36.7) | 996 (33.6) | 629 (21) | |