Table 4.
Blood meal sources of the Anopheles species, Adami Tullu district
| Anopheles species | Collection venues | No. analyzed N (HBI) | Blood meals sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human N (HBI) | Bovine N (BBI) | Mixed N (MBI) | Unknown N | |||
| An. arabiensis | CDC-LT | 24 (0.75) | 15 (0.63) | 6 (0.25) | 3 (0.13) | 0 |
| PSC | 48 (0.79) | 35 (0.73) | 10 (0.21) | 3 (0.06) | 0 | |
| Pit shelter | 19 (0.37) | 4 (0.21) | 10 (0.53) | 3 (0.16) | 2 (0.11) | |
| Total | 91 (0.69) | 54 (0.59) | 26 (0.29) | 9 (0.09) | 2 (0.02) | |
| An. pharoensis | CDC-LT | 7 (1.00) | 6 (0.86) | 0 | 1 (0.14) | 0 |
| PSC | 2 (1.00) | 2 (1.00) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 9 (1.00) | 8 (0.89) | 0 | 1 (0.11) | 0 | |
| An. ziemanni | CDC-LT | 3 (0.67) | 2 (0.67) | 1 (0.33) | 0 | 0 |
| Pit shelter | 3 (0.33) | 0 | 2 (0.67) | 1 (0.33) | 0 | |
| Total | 6 (0.50) | 2 (0.33) | 3 (0.50) | 1 (0.17) | 0 | |
| An. funestus | Pit shelter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Overall Anopheles | 107 (0.7) | 64 (0.60) | 30 (0.30) | 11 (0.10) | 2 (0.20) | |
When computing for human blood index (HBI) and bovine blood index (BBI), mixed blood meals were added to the number of human blood and bovine blood meals. Mixed blood meals = human + bovine, unknown blood meals are negative for both human and bovine antibodies, show Soverall HBI