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Table 5 Blood meal origins of An. gambiae (s.l.) mosquitoes collected using pit shelter and mouth aspirator

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

Collection method

n

HBI (%)

BBI (%)

Mixed (%)

Un (%)

Pit shelter

60

3.0

83.0

1.7

11.7

MA human house

58

74.0

14.0

–

12.1

MA cattle shed

291

2.0

68.0

0.7

29.6

  1. Abbreviations: MA, mouth aspirator; n, number tested; HBI, human blood index; BBI, bovine blood index; Mixed, human and cattle mixed blood index; Un, unidentified blood meal