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. 2016 Mar 31;9:184. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1473-x

Table 3.

Seasonal variation in abundance (number engorged) and comparison in engorgement rate across the host types for select species fairly represented throughout the sampling period

Species Animal June 2015 July 2015 August 2015 September 2015 October 2015 November 2015 F-test P-value
Culex pipiens cowa 39 (53) 7 (26) 15 (35) 6 (14) 4 (7) 5 (31) F2,14 = 2.13 P = 0.16
sheepa 7 (24) 2 (16) 7 (25) 2 (7) 2 (7) 17 (28)
goata 6 (16) 0 (22) 3 (10) 1 (6) 0 (0) 1 (8)
Aedes dentatus cowa 42 (62) 12 (12) 11 (13) 8 (9) 18 (22) 1 (7) F2,14 = 3.15 P = 0.07
sheepa 14 (21) 1 (1) 3 (3) 0 (0) 3 (3) 3 (23)
goata 42 (99) 2 (2) 2 (4) 4 (4) 3 (3) 4 (18)
Anopheles gambiae cowa 25 (26) 104 (114) 12 (14) 3 (3) 3 (3) 14 (20) F2,12 = 15.59 P = 0.0005
sheepb 4 (12) 7 (11) 1 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (1)
goatb 7 (15) 6 (16) 1 (1) 2 (2) 0 (0) 2 (4)
Anopheles funestus cowa 23 (24) 23 (25) 32 (35) 46 (48) 153 (160) 0 (0) F2,11 = 19.94 P = 0.001
sheepb 10 (20) 2 (4) 9 (15) 7 (8) 22 (25) 0 (0)
goatb 10 (17) 0 (0) 3 (8) 12 (14) 20 (25) 0 (0)

Host followed by the same letters indicate no significant difference in the proportion of engorged for each type following chi square goodness-of-fit at α = 0.05 level