Table 1 Blood-feeding rates of mosquitoes of different species fed via either the PTFE-membrane based artificial feeding method (AF) or the direct host feeding method (DHF)
Mosquito species | Artificial feeding (AF) (%) | Direct human feeding (DHF) (%) | Paired t-test |
|---|---|---|---|
Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | ||
Anopheles arabiensis | 85.83 ± 16.28 | 98.83 ± 2.29 | t(5) = -1.7372, P = 0.142 |
Anopheles gambiae | 98.92 ± 2.65 | 86.00 ± 10.86 | t(5) = 3.4637, P = 0.018 |
Aedes aegypti | 100 | 100 | na |