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Table 2 Identity of blood meals from An. arabiensis, An. gambiae s.s. and An. funestus adult female mosquitoes collected by pyrethrum knockdown catch in the lower Shire valley (Jan 2002 - Jan 2003)

From: Entomological indices of malaria transmission in Chikhwawa district, Southern Malawi

Species

Blood meal source

No. tested

Bovine

Human

Bovine/Human

Other

An. arabiensis

 

37 (10.9)

289 (85.0)

4 (1.2)

10 (2.9)

An. gambiae s.s.

246

1 (0.4)

244 (99.2)

1 (0.4)

0

An. funestus

297

9 (3.0)

286 (96.3)

0

2 (0.7)

Total

883

47 (5.3)

819 (92.8)

5 (0.6)

12 (1.4)

  1. Blood meals were screened twice by ELISA for either human blood or for bovine blood, and blood meals that were negative in both screens were classed as ‘other’.