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Table 1 Mosquito species, % of total of mosquito captures, % of engorged mosquitoes and feeding preference behavior

From: Evaluating the feeding preferences of West Nile virus mosquito vectors using bird-baited traps

Mosquito species

% of total mosquito captures (95 % CI)

% of engorged mosquitoes (95 % IC)

Feeding preference

Culex pipiens

84.2 (79.6–88.1)

83.59 (78.5–87.9)

Birds and humans [58]

Aedes albopictus

3.3 (1.6–5.9)

60.0 (26.2–87.8)

Humans [59]

Anopheles maculipennis (s.l.)

3.3 (1.6–5.9)

50.0 (18.7–81.3)

Mammals, rarely on humans and birds [22]

Aedes vexans

2.6 (1.1–5.1)

12.5 (0.3–52.6)

Mammals [60]

Culex territans

1.9 (0.7–4.2)

unengorged

Amphibians [61]

Culex modestus

1.6 (0.5–3.8)

60.0 (14.6–94.7)

Opportunistic [15, 22]

Ochlerotatus geniculatus

1.3 (0.3–3.3)

25.0 (0.6–80.6)

Humans and cattle [62]