Table 3. Number of blood-meal sources of mosquitoes sampled at hospitals in Busia, Bungoma and Kakamega counties.
Sampling site | Species | Human | Cattle | Dog | Chicken | Sparrow | NDa | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bungoma RH | Culex pipiens s.l. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Busia RH | Culex pipiens s.l. | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Aedes aegypti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Butula MH | Culex pipiens s.l. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Lugulu MH | Culex pipiens s.l. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Matungu SCH | Anopheles gambiae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Culex pipiens s.l. | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |
Mukumu MH | Culex pipiens s.l. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Aedes aegypti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Total blood meals | 25 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 38 |
RH = Referral hospital; MH = Missionary hospital; SCH = sub-County hospital.
aND: Not determined by the two markers.