Table 3 Number and percentage of mammalian-derived blood meals identified from eight mosquito species in four eastern equine encephalitis virus foci in Connecticut, 2010–2011
From: Host associations of mosquitoes at eastern equine encephalitis virus foci in Connecticut, USA
Species | Ae. abserratus | Ae. canadensis | Ae. cinereus | Ae. stimulans | Ae. thibaulti | An. punctipennis | An. quadrimaculatus | Cq. perturbans | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | ||
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) | 2 (100) | 2 (100) | 4 (66.7) | 1 (100) | 163 (90.1) | 38 (95.0) | 17 (73.9) | 3 (100) | 230 |
Horse (Equus caballus) | 12 (6.6) | 1 (2.5) | 6 (26.1) | 19 | |||||
Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) | 2 (33.3) | 2 | |||||||
Sheep (Ovis aries) | 1 (0.6) | 1 (2.5) | 2 | ||||||
Domestic cat (Felis catus) | 1 (0.6) | 1 | |||||||
Eastern cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) | 1 (0.6) | 1 | |||||||
Human (Homo sapiens) | 1 (0.6) | 1 | |||||||
Raccoon (Procyon lotor) | 1 (0.6) | 1 | |||||||
Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) | 1 (0.6) | 1 | |||||||
Total | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 181 | 40 | 23 | 3 | 258 |