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Table 3 Trophic preference, human and animal blood indices of the five major malaria vectors

From: Patterns of anopheline feeding/resting behaviour and Plasmodium infections in North Cameroon, 2011–2014: implications for malaria control

Health district

Species

Hosts (%)

HBI

Humans

Cattle

Sheep

Pigs

Fowl

Mixed H/A

Mixed A/A

Garoua

An. arabiensis (n = 386)

37.8

11.7

7.0

3.9

0.5

25.4

13.7

0.63

An. coluzzii (n = 159)

44.7

6.9

3.8

3.8

1.8

28.3

10.7

0.73

An. gambiae (s.s.) (n = 73)

61.4

5.5

5.5

2.9

0.0

11.0

13.7

0.73

An. funestus (n = 540)

12.2

18.9

27.0

0.6

0.2

13.3

27.8

0.26

An. rufipes (n = 266)

19.5

15.0

13.5

4.3

0.0

12.0

35.7

0.32

Total (n = 1424)

26.7

14.2

15.4

2.6

0.4

17.9

22.8

0.45

Pitoa

An. arabiensis (n = 665)

29.9

14.1

10.8

1.9

0.0

23.0

20.3

0.53

An. coluzzii (n = 113)

39.8

8.0

2.7

0.9

0.0

39.8

8.8

0.80

An. gambiae (s.s.) (n = 57)

52.6

12.3

1.6

0.0

0.0

24.7

8.8

0.77

An. funestus (n = 357)

11.8

7.8

9.2

1.5

0.0

35.0

34.7

0.47

An. rufipes (n = 48)

10.4

12.5

4.2

4.2

0.0

35.4

33.3

0.46

Total (n = 1240)

25.9

11.6

9.0

1.6

0.0

28.5

23.4

0.54

Mayo Oulo

An. arabiensis (n = 194)

42.3

7.2

1.0

0.0

0.0

33

16.5

0.75

An. coluzzii (n = 51)

51.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

41.2

7.8

0.92

An. gambiae (s.s.) (n = 30)

60.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

33.3

6.7

0.93

An. funestus (n = 56)

12.5

1.75

5.4

1.75

0.0

28.6

50

0.41

An. rufipes (n = 19)

15.8

21.1

10.5

0.0

0.0

21.1

31.5

0.37

Total (n = 350)

15.8

21.1

10.5

0.0

0.0

32.9

20.6

0.72

  1. Abbreviations: n, number of blood meals tested; Mixed H/A, mixed human-animal blood; Mixed A/A, mixed animal-animal blood; HBI, human blood index
  2. Note: Numbers in bold refer to HBI higher than 0.50