Table 3 Source of blood meals of indoor resting female An. arabiensis in two Sahelian sites in Mauritania
Blood meal source | Study site | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Rosso n (%) | Kobeni n (%) | ||
Single host | 78 (72.9) | 94 (64.4) | 172 (68.0) |
Human | 4 (3.7) | 29 (19.9) | 33 (13.0) |
Cattle | 38 (35.3) | 54 (37.0) | 92 (36.3) |
Donkey | 31 (29.0) | 6 (4.1) | 37 (14.6) |
Goat | 3 (2.8) | 5 (3.4) | 8 (3.2) |
Dog | 2 (1.9) | 0 | 2 (0.8) |
Multiple hosts | 29 (27.1) | 52 (35.6) | 81 (32.0) |
Human × cattle | 0 | 10 (6.8) | 10 (3.9) |
Human × donkey | 0 | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.4) |
Human × others | 2 (1.9) | 14 (9.6) | 16 (6.3) |
Other × other | 27 (25.2) | 27 (18.5) | 54 (21.3) |
Total | 107 (100) | 146 (100) | 253 (100) |
HBIa (%) | 5.6 | 37 | 23.7 |