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Blood meal origins shown by different mosquito species caught indoors monthly in study villages. |
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| Host |
An. gambiae |
An. funestus |
An. Arabiensis |
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| Sample Tested |
Positive (%) |
Negative |
Total Tested |
Positive (%) |
Negative |
Total tested |
Positive samples (%) |
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| Blood meal source |
Human |
Human |
Cattle |
Human |
Mixed (human/cattle) |
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| 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 |
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