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Table 4 Blood meal origins of Anopheles mosquitoes collected using CDC light trap and PSC

From: Species composition, blood meal hosts and Plasmodium infection rates of Anopheles mosquitoes in Ghibe River Basin, southwestern Ethiopia

Study site and species

CDC indoor

CDC outdoor

PSC

n

HBI (%)

BBI (%)

Mixed (%)

Un (%)

n

HBI (%)

BBI (%)

Mixed (%)

Un (%)

n

HBI (%)

BBI (%)

Mixed (%)

Un (%)

Ghibe

 An. gambiae (s.l.)

113

58.0

14.0

4.4

23.0

76

16.0

47.0

1.3

35.5

20

75.0

10.0

5.0

10.0

 An. pretoriensis

3

–

67.0

–

33.0

29

–

97.0

–

3.5

–

–

–

–

–

 An. coustani

3

33.0

67.0

–

–

52

–

98.0

–

1.9

–

–

–

–

–

 An. demeilloni

4

–

100

–

–

9

–

78.0

11.1

11.1

–

–

–

–

–

 An. christyi

–

–

–

–

–

13

–

100

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 An. rupicolus

1

–

100

–

–

12

–

100

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 An. pharoensis

1

–

100

–

–

6

–

83.0

–

16.7

–

–

–

–

–

 An. tenebrosus

–

–

–

–

–

9

–

100

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 An. ardensis

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

100

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 An. natalensis

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

100

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Darge

 An. gambiae (s.l.)

21

14.0

57.0

–

28.6

8

13.0

50.0

–

37.5

–

–

–

–

–

 An. pretoriensis

1

–

100

–

–

2

–

100

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 An. coustani

2

50.0

–

–

50.0

12

–

92.0

–

8.3

–

–

–

–

–

 An. demeilloni

3

–

100

–

–

1

–

100

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 An. christyi

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

100

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 An. rupicolus

1

–

100

–

–

8

–

100

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 An. rivulorum

1

–

100

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 An. nili

–

–

–

–

–

3

33.0

67.0

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

  1. Abbreviations: PSC, pyrethrum spray sheet collection; n, number tested; HBI, human blood index; BBI, bovine blood index; Mixed, human and cattle mixed blood index; Un, unidentified blood meal