Table 3

Blood meal origins shown by different mosquito species caught indoors monthly in study villages.

Host
An. gambiae
An. funestus
An. Arabiensis


Sample Tested
Positive (%)
Negative
Total Tested
Positive (%)
Negative
Total tested
Positive samples (%)

Blood meal source

Human


Human


Cattle
Human
Mixed (human/cattle)

April
120
104 (86.7%)
16
125
104 (83.2%)
21
117
98 (83.8%)
17 (14.5%)
2 (1.7%)
May
190
152 (80%)
38
109
95 (87.1%)
14
124
112(90.3%)
12 (9.7%)
0 (0%)
June
142
132 (92.9%)
10
114
94 (82.4%)
20
97
78 (80.4%)
16 (16.5%)
3 (3.1%)
July
163
126 (83.4%)
37
113
109 (96.5%)
4
142
130(91.6%)
8 (5.6%)
4 (2.8%)
August
90
79 (87.8%)
11
140
113 (80.7%)
27
68
51 (75%)
16 (23.5%)
1 (1.5%)
September
250
227 (90.8%)
23
211
205 (97.2%)
6
150
139(93.7%)
11 (6.3%)
0 (0%)

Kweka et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:59   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-59