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Table 2 Percent host blood meals and number of sequences (n) for Aedes species. Other Aedes albopictus hosts includes 2 dog blood meals from Franklin Square and 1 white-tailed deer blood meal from Harlem Park. A deer blood meal was also identified from Ae. j. japonicus in Union Square

From: Primary blood-hosts of mosquitoes are influenced by social and ecological conditions in a complex urban landscape

Neighborhood

SES

Ae. albopictus

Ae. j. japonicus

Human (n)

Rat (n)

Cat (n)

Other (n)

Human (n)

Rat (n)

Cat (n)

Other (n)

Franklin Square

L

7.5 (4)

71.6 (38)

17.0 (9)

3.8 (2)

0 (0)

66.7 (2)

33.3 (1)

0 (0)

Harlem Park

L

4.5 (2)

72.7 (32)

20.5 (9)

2.3 (1)

100 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Hollins Market

M

31.3 (10)

56.3 (18)

12.5 (4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Union Square

M

13.6 (6)

86.4 (38)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

100 (1)

Bolton Hill

H

50.0 (2)

50.0 (2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

100 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Total area

13.6 (24)

72.3 (128)

12.4 (22)

1.7 (3)

16.7 (1)

50.0 (3)

16.7 (1)

16.7 (1)