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Table 3 Number of adult mosquitoes and their gonotrophic stages collected using different methods

From: Malaria vectors and their blood-meal sources in an area of high bed net ownership in the western Kenya highlands

Gonotrophic stages

PSC

WET

AgREPOTs

SRB

Total (%)

Anopheles gambiae

 Males

142

1416

2

1

1561 (44.7)

 Unfed

80

1475

1

1

1557 (44.6)

 Blood-fed

86

120

0

2

208 (6.0)

 Half-gravid

26

28

0

0

54 (1.5)

 Gravid

41

71

1

0

113 (3.2)

 Total

375

3110

4

4

3493 (4.3)

Anopheles funestus

 Males

27

288

3

1

319 (39.6)

 Unfed

8

339

3

4

354 (44.0)

 Blood-fed

17

37

2

0

56 (7.0)

 Half-gravid

12

8

2

1

23 (2.9)

 Gravid

7

37

9

0

53 (6.6)

 Total

71

709

19

6

805 (1.0)

Culex species

 Males

2979

18,224

2754

1937

25,894 (34.1)

 Unfed

1734

19,030

1558

1336

23,658 (31.1)

 Blood-fed

933

4479

172

140

5724 (7.5)

 Half-gravid

957

7760

672

771

10,160 (13.4)

 Gravid

894

8147

740

816

10,597 (13.9)

 Total

7497

57,640

5896

5000

76,033 (94.6)

 Grand total (%)

7943 (9.9)

61,459 (76.5)

5919 (7.4)

5010 (6.2)

80,331

  1. PSC pyrethrum spray catches; WET window exit traps; AgREPOTs Anopheles gambiae resting pots; SRB sticky resting boxes