Table 2.

Search strategy for systematic review

Ovid MEDLINE® Database Human blood index OR HBI OR host preference OR trophic preference OR blood meal preference OR blood host preference OR blood meal OR blood meal analysis OR blood-meal analysis OR blood meal source OR host blood OR host blood meal OR blood meal identification [multiple posting = MeSH subject heading word, abstract, title, original title, text word (title, abstract), key word heading, name of substance, key word heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, synonym] AND Anopheles OR Anopheles arabiensis OR Anopheles gambiae OR Anopheles funestus [multiple posting = MeSH subject heading word, abstract, title, original title, text word (title, abstract), key word heading, name of substance, key word heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, synonym]