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. 2010 Aug 5;83(2):382–387. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0080

Table 3.

Blood meal origin of 97 triatomines collected indoors in Los Guerrero and Cacalután villages

Blood meal origin Villages
Los Guerrero Cacalután Total
Single blood meal Human 11 13 24
Dasypus novemcinctus 32 12 44
Sigmodon sp. 4 2 6
Gallus gallus 1 0 1
Several blood meals Human + D. novemcinctus 9 4 13
Human + Sigmodon sp. 1 0 1
Human + other 3 0 3
D. novemcinctus + Sigmodon sp. 1 0 1
D. novemcinctus + other 2 0 2
Human + D. novemcinctus + Sigmodon sp.* 1 0 1
Human + D. novemcinctus + Sigmodon sp. + Mus musculus* 1 1
*

Origin of blood meals was determined by cloning and sequencing.