Table 4 Blood feeding preferences of Anopheles species at the different study sites of the altitudinal transect
| Blood meal sources at the study sites of the altitudinal transect a | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertebrate hosts | Santchou (750 m) | Dschang (1400 m) | Djuttitsa (1965 m) | Overall study sites (%) |
| Human |
275 (5 f + 270 g) |
73 (4 f + 69 g) |
11 (9 g + 2 h) |
359 (92.5%) (9 f + 348 g + 2 h) |
| Chicken |
5 (1 f + 4 g) |
5 (2 f + 3 g) |
2 (g) |
12 (3.1%) (3 f + 9 g) |
| Pig |
3 (3 g) |
3 (1 f + 2 g) | 0 |
6 (1.5%) (1 f + 5 g) |
| Horse | 0 |
2 (1 g + 1 h) |
3 (2 g + 1 h) |
5 (1.3%) (3 g + 2 h) |
| Ovine | 0 |
2 (2 g) |
1 (g) |
3 (0.8%) (3 g) |
| Bovine | 0 | 0 |
2 (g) |
2 (0.5%) (2 g) |
| Dog | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mixte (Chicken+Human) |
1 (g) | 0 | 0 |
1 (0.3%) (g) |
| Total number of blood meals tested |
284 (6 f + 278 g) |
85 (7 f + 77 g + 1 h) |
19 (16 g + 3 h) |
388 (13 f + 371 g + 4 h) |
| Human blood rate (HR) b × 100 | 96.8% | 85.9% | 57.9% | 92.5% |
