Table 2.
Abdominal status of indoor resting female Anopheles collected using the pyrethrum space-spray sheet method in two Sahelian sites in Mauritania
| Study site | Abdominal status | Anopheles spp. n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An. gambiae (s.l.) | An. rufipes | An. pharoensis | ||
| Rosso | Total | 1390 | – | 35 |
| Unfed | 249 (17.9) | – | 11 (31.4) | |
| Blood-fed | 495 (35.6) | – | 4 (11.4) | |
| Gravid | 117 (8.4) | – | 10 (28.5) | |
| Semi-gravid | 529 (38.1) | – | 10 (28.5) | |
| F/G ratio | 0.76 | 0.2 | ||
| Kobeni | Total | 901 | 376 | – |
| Unfed | 96 (10.6) | 50 (13.3) | – | |
| Blood-fed | 456 (50.6) | 207 (55) | – | |
| Gravid | 110 (12.2) | 22 (5.8) | – | |
| Half-gravid | 239 (26.5) | 97 (25.8) | – | |
| F/G ratio | 1.3 | 1.7 | ||
Abbreviations: F/G ratio, fed to gravid ratio