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Table 3 Forage ratios (FR) of Anopheles mosquitoes

From: Determination of the foraging behaviour and blood meal source of malaria vector mosquitoes in Trincomalee District of Sri Lanka using a multiplex real time polymerase chain reaction assay

Reference number

Mosquito species

Forage ratio (FR)

Human

Bovine

Cat

Dog

Pig

Chicken

1

An. aconitus

1.01

18.67

0

0

0

0

2

An. annularis

0.13

6.05

0.78

0

0

0

3

An. barbirostris

0.53

15.72

0

0

0

0

4

An. barbumbrosus

0.12

55.00

0

0

0

0

5

An. culicifacies

0.46

23.80

0

0

0

0

6

An. karwari

0

16.84

0

0

0

0

7

An. nigerrimus

0.00

47.94

2.46

0

0

0

8

An. pallidus

0.00

49.94

0

0

0

0

9

An. peditaeniatus

0.13

16.56

0

0

0

0

10

An. pseudojamesi

0.07

4.22

0

0

6.68

0

11

An. subpictus

0.40

14.11

1.62

0

0

0

12

An. vagus

0.00

38.41

0

0

0

0