Table 2 Human-biting rates (HBR; number of mosquitoes collected per person per night (95 % confidence interval), and feeding behaviors of Anopheles species in Edo Kontola village, Ethiopia
From: Human-biting activities of Anopheles species in south-central Ethiopia
Biting activities | An. arabiensis | An. pharoensis | An. zeimanni | An. funestus (s.l.) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indoor HBR (19:00–06:00) | 9.4 (7.9–11.0) | 1.2 (0.8–1.7) | 8.8 (6.1–11.6) | 0.6 (0.1–1.1) | 20.0 |
Outdoor HBR (19:00–06:00) | 11.8 (9.8–14.1) | 4.6 (3.6–5.6) | 47.9 (38.4–56.9) | 1.0 (0.6–1.5) | 65.3 |
Nocturnal HBR (22:00–05:00) | 11.2 (9.5–13.1) | 2.5 (1.9–3.1) | 26.5 (19.9–34.2) | 0.9 (0.5–1.5) | 41.1 |
Endophagy (%)a | 44.3 (43.8–44.6) | 20.7 (18.2–23.3) | 15.5 (13.7–16.9) | 37.5 (14.3–42.3) | 23.4 |
Exophagy (%)b | 55.7 (55.4–56.2) | 79.3 (76.7–81.8) | 84.5 (83.1–86.3) | 62.5 (57.7–85.7) | 76.6 |
Nocturnality (%)c | 52.8 (44.6–53.5) | 43.1 (42.4–43.7) | 46.7 (44.7–49.9) | 56.3 (47.6–71.4) | 48.2 |