Table 3.
Source of blood meals of indoor resting female An. arabiensis in two Sahelian sites in Mauritania
| Blood meal source | Study site | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosso n (%) | Kobeni n (%) | ||
| Single host | 78 (72.9) | 94 (64.4) | 172 (68.0) |
| Human | 4 (3.7) | 29 (19.9) | 33 (13.0) |
| Cattle | 38 (35.3) | 54 (37.0) | 92 (36.3) |
| Donkey | 31 (29.0) | 6 (4.1) | 37 (14.6) |
| Goat | 3 (2.8) | 5 (3.4) | 8 (3.2) |
| Dog | 2 (1.9) | 0 | 2 (0.8) |
| Multiple hosts | 29 (27.1) | 52 (35.6) | 81 (32.0) |
| Human × cattle | 0 | 10 (6.8) | 10 (3.9) |
| Human × donkey | 0 | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.4) |
| Human × others | 2 (1.9) | 14 (9.6) | 16 (6.3) |
| Other × other | 27 (25.2) | 27 (18.5) | 54 (21.3) |
| Total | 107 (100) | 146 (100) | 253 (100) |
| HBIa (%) | 5.6 | 37 | 23.7 |
aHBI is the number of blood meals containing human blood (single and multiple hosts) over the total number of blood meals analyzed