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Table 3 Bloodmeal sources of An. pseudopunctipennis in Mataral

From: Host choice and human blood index of Anopheles pseudopunctipennis in a village of the Andean valleys of Bolivia

 

Bloodmeals

Bloodmeals including mixed meals

Host abundance

Computation with rough data on host abundance

Computation with Log transformed data on host abundance

Forage ratio (95%confidence interval)

Standardized forage ratio of Manly et al. (1993)

Forage ratio (95%confidence interval)

Standardized forage ratio of Manly et al. (1993)

Single host

    

Threshold: 0.143

 

Threshold: 0.143

Human

105

121

228

2.00 (1.70 – 2.31)

0.030

1.47 (1.25 – 1.69)

0.200 *

Goat or Sheep

182

210

1002

0.79 (0.71 – 0.87)

0.012

1.99 (1.80 – 2.19)

0.271 *

Donkey or Horse

36

41

4

38.74 (27.4 – 50.0)

0.571 *

1.95 (1.38 – 2.52)

0.265 *

Dog

22

28

101

1.05 (0.67 – 1.42)

0.015

0.40 (0.26 – 0.54)

0.054

Pig

19

22

68

1.22 (0.73 – 1.72)

0.018

0.34 (0.20 – 0.48)

0.047

Cow

11

19

3

23.93 (13.40 – 34.46)

0.353 *

1.15 (0.65 – 1.66)

0.157 *

Chicken

1

3

272

0.04 (0 – 0.09)

0.001

0.03 (0 – 0.75)

0.005

Other (unidentified)

11

11

     

Mixed blood meals

       

Human/Goat

10

      

Human/Donkey

1

      

Human/Dog

2

      

Human/Pig

1

      

Human/Chicken

2

      

Goat/Donkey

4

      

Goat/Dog

4

      

Goat/Pig

2

      

Goat/Cow

8

      
  1. Number of single and patent mixed blood meals analysed in Mataral, number of domestic hosts present and forage ratios with rough and Log-transformed host numbers (95% confidence intervals in brackets). * indicate the preferred host.