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Table 4 Forage-ratios for each baited mosquito-net experiment

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

 

April 2002

May 2002

June 2002

July 2002

August 2002

August 2002

April 2003

May 2003

Man

0.30 (0.19 – 0.41)

0.93 (0.55 – 1.31)

1.57* (1.22 – 1.92)

0.89 (0.55 – 1.23)

2.12* (1.74 – 2.49)

3.42* (2.37 – 4.46)

1.83* (1.28 – 2.39)

2.92* (2.70 – 3.14)

Cow

0.91 (0.70 – 1.13)

       

Donkey

2.13* (1.88 – 2.37)

3.02* (2.37 – 3.67)

 

2.54* (1.89 – 3.18)

  

1.04 (0.39 – 1.69)

2.19* (1.90 – 2.48)

Sheep

  

1.32* (1.13 – 1.51)

1.13 (0.90 – 1.36)

  

0.57 (0.31 – 0.82)

0.41 (0.33 – 0.48)

Goat

 

0.35 (0.18 – 0.53)

0.39 (0.25 – 0.52)

0.40 (0.24 – 0.57)

   

0.23 (0.17 – 0.30)

Pig

    

0.44 (0.25 – 0.63)

0.66 (0.16 – 1.15)

  

Dog

     

0.13 (0 – 0.38)

  

G-test

105.6 (df = 2, P = 0)

52.6 (df = 2, P = 0)

48.9 (df = 2, P = 0)

51.1 (df = 3, P = 0)

29.4 (df = 1, P = 0)

23.7 (df = 2, P = 0)

11.47 (df = 2, P = 0.)

631.4 (df = 3, P = 0)

  1. Forage ratios and 95% confidence intervals (in brackets) for each monthly mosquito-net experiment. Forage ratios were computed using host weight weighting. Values above 1 indicate preference and <1 avoidance. * indicate values statistically above 1. P < 0.05 with the G-test indicate that An. pseudopunctipenni s made a choice amongst the proposed hosts during the experiment.