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. 2022 Apr 15;21:124. doi: 10.1186/s12936-022-04157-y

Table 4.

Blood meals sources detected among the wild caught Anopheles mosquitoes

Vector identification Meal Source Total
Human, cattle, and goat Human and cattle Cattle and goat Human Cattle Goat Dog
An. arabiensis 13 (4.8%) 68 (25.9%) 8 (3.0%) 70 (26.6%) 95 (36.1%) 8 (3.0%) 1 (0.4%) 263 (96.0%)
An. rufipes 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (100%) 2 (0.7%)
An. stephensi 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 9 (100%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 9 (3.3%)
Vector Infectivity rate
An. arabiensis
P. falciparum 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 8 (42.1%) 0 (0.0%) 8 (42.1%) 3 (15.8%) 0 (0.0%) 19 (7.2%)
P. vivax 13 (52.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 12 (48.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 25 (9.5%)
Negative 0 (0.0%) 68 (31.0%) 0 (0.0%) 58 (26.5%) 87 (39.7%) 5 (2.3%) 1 (0.5%) 219 (83.3%)
Total 13 (4.9%) 68 (25.9%) 8 (3.0%) 70 (26.6%) 95 (36.1%) 8 (3.0%) 1 (0.4%) 263 (96.0%)
An. rufipes
P. falciparum 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
P. vivax 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Negative 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (100%) 2 (100%)
Total 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (100%) 2 (0.7%)
An. stephensi
P. falciparum 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
P. vivax 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Negative 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 9 (100%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 9 (100%)
Total 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 9 (100%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 9 (3.3%)
Total 13 (4.7%) 68 (24.8%) 8 (2.9%) 70 (25.5%) 104 (38.0%) 8 (2.9%) 3 (1.1%) 274 (100%)