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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Entomol. 2020 Nov 13;57(6):1972–1982. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjaa109

Table 5. Multiple host bloodmeal among Culicinemosquitoes inTaita-Taveta County, Coastal Kenya.

Species Location Number of tested BC (%) BCG (%) BCH (%) BCHG (%) BG (%) BH (%) BHG(%) CG (%) CH (%) CHG(%) HG (%)
Culex quinque fasciatus Indoor 72 0 (0.0) 1 (1.4) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.4) 26 (36.1) 3 (4.2) 17 (23.6) 1 (1.4) 8 (11.1) 4 (5.6) 11 (15.3)
Outdoor 245 3(l.2) 6 (2.4) 1 (0.4) 7 (2.9) 124 (50.6) 22 (9.0) 53 (21.6) 3(l.2) 0 (0.0) 4(l.6) 22 (9.0)
Overall 317 3 (0.9) 7 (2.9) 1 (0.3) 8 (2.5) 150 (47.3) 25 (7.9) 70 (22.1) 4(l.3) 8 (2.5) 8 (2.5) 33 (10.4)
Aedes hirsutus Indoor 13 1 (7.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (23.1) 7 (53.8) 2 (15.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Outdoor 109 2 (1.8) 1 (0.9) 2 (1.8) 10 (9.2) 48 (44.0) 10 (9.2) 33 (30.3) 1 (0.9) 2 (1.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Overall 122 3 (2.5) 1 (0.8) 2(1.6) 13 (10.7) 55 (45.1) 12 (9.8) 33 (27.0) 1 (0.8) 2(1.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Aedes mcnitoshi Indoor 2 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Outdoor 26 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.8) 13 (50.0) 4 (15.4) 6 (23.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.8) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.8)
Overall 28 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.6) 14 (50.0) 4 (14.3) 7 (25.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.6) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.6)
Aedes taylori Indoor 2 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (50.0) 0 (0.0)
Outdoor 155 4 (2.6) 8 (5.2) 1 (0.6) 2(1.3) 68 (43.9) 22 (14.2) 38 (24.5) 2(1.3) 1 (0.6) 2(1.3) 7 (4.5)
Overall 157 4 (2.5) 8(5.1) 1 (0.6) 3(l.9) 68 (43.3) 22 (14.0) 38 (24.2) 2(1.3) 1 (0.6) 3 (l.9) 7 (4.5)
Culex fusco Indoor 0 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Outdoor 2 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (100) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Overall 2 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (100) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Mans onia Indoor 0 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Outdoor 8 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (12.5) 5 (62.5) 0 (0.0) 1 (12.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (12.5)
Overall 8 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (12.5) 5 (62.5) 0 (0.0) 1 (12.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (12.5)
Culex poicilipes Indoor 0 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Outdoor 1 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Overall 1 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Culex univittatus Indoor 0 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Outdoor 2 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Overall 2 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
All species combined Indoor 89 1 (1.1) 1 (1.1) 0 (0.0) 5 (5.6) 34 (38.2) 5 (5.6) 18 (20.2) 1 (1.1) 8 (9.0) 5 (5.6) 11 (12.4)
Outdoor 551 9(1.6) 15 (2.7) 4 (0.7) 21 (3.8) 259 (47.0) 59 (10.7) 136 (24.7) 6(1.1) 5 (0.9) 6(1.1) 31 (5.6)
Overall 640 10 (1.6) 16 (2.5) 4 (0.6) 26 (4.1) 293 (45.8) 64 (10.0) 154 (24.1) 7(1.1) 13 (2.0) 11 (1.7) 42 (6.6)