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Published in final edited form as: J Med Entomol. 2020 Nov 13;57(6):1972–1982. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjaa109

Table 3. Bloodmeal sources for blood fed Culicine mosquitoes collected in six sites of Taita-Taveta County, Coastal Kenya.

Village Mosquito species Number of tested Human(%) Goat (%) Bovine (%) Chicken (%) Mixed (%) Unknown (%)
Chala Kimundia Culex quinque fasciatus     9 0 0 3 (33.3) 0 4 (44.4) 2 (22.2)
Aedes hirsutus 210 3 (1.4) 5 (2.4) 68 (32.4) 1 (0.5) 117 (55.7) 16 (7.6)
Aedes mcintoshi    43 3 (7.0) 5 (11.6) 10 (23.3) 1 (2.3) 23 (53.5) 1 (2.3)
Aedes taylori 222 12 (5.4) 2 (0.9) 44 (19.8) 0 157 (70.7) 7 (3.2)
Aedes tricholabis     1 0 0 1 (100.0) 0 0 0
Coquillettidia aurites     5 1 (20.0) 1 (20.0) 0 0 3 (60.0) 0
Culex fuscocephala     2 0 0 0 0 2 (100.0) 0
Mansonia    10 1 (10.0) 0 2 (20.0) 0 7 (70.0) 0
Culex poicilipes     1 0 0 0 0 1 (100.0) 0
Culex quinque fasciatus 330 15 (4.5) 14 (4.2) 133 (40.3) 5 (1.5) 150 (45.5) 13 (3.9)
Culex univittatus     6 0 1 (16.7) 2 (33.3) 0 2 (33.3) 1 (16.7)
King’wareni Aedes mcintoshi     2 0 0 0 0 2 (100.0) 0
Culex quinque fasciatus    33 4 (12.1) 2 (6.1) 14 (42.4) 2 (6.1) 9 (27.3) 2 (6.1)
Kiwalwa Aedes hirsutus    11 1 (9.1) 1 (9.1) 6 (54.5) 0 2 (18.2) 1 (9.1)
Aedes mcintoshi     3 0 0 0 0 2 (66.7) 1 (33.3)
Mansonia     1 0 1 (100.0) 0 0 0 0
Culex quinque fasciatus 142 43 (30.3) 5 (3.5) 10 (7.0) 7 (4.9) 55 (38.7) 22 (15.5)
Mwarusa Aedes hirsutus     5 0 0 1 (20.0) 0 3 (60.0) 1 (20.0)
Aedes mintoshi     2 0 0 1 (50.0) 0 1 (50.0) 0
Culex quinquefasciatus 136 9 (6.6) 22 (16.2) 23 (16.9) 0 68 (50.0) 14 (10.3)
Njoro Aedes hirsutus     2 0 1 (50.0) 0 0 0 1 (50.0)
Coquillettidia aurites     1 0 1 (100.0) 0 0 0 0
Mansonia     1 0 0 0 0 1 (100.0) 0
Culex quinquefasciatus    62 10 (16.1) 4 (6.5) 10 (16.1) 0 31 (50.0) 7 (11.3)
Culex univittatus      1 0 0 0 1 (100.0) 0 0
Total 1,241 102 (8.2) 65 (5.2) 328 (26.4) 17 (1.4) 640 (51.6) 89 (7.2)