Table 2 Origin of Aedes albopictus blood-meals identified by ELISA (sandwich) technique
From: Aedes albopictus in Lebanon, a potential risk of arboviruses outbreak
Collection method | Number of Ae. albopictus | Number of females | Number of engorged females | Blood-meal origin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Human | Cat | Dog | Poultry | Unidentified | ||||
Manual Aspiration | 100 | 40 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
CDC trap with CO2 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
BG sentinel | 180 | 86 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Total | 333 | 136 | 32 | 15 (46.8%) | 2 (6.3%) | 1 (3.1%) | 5 (15.7%) | 9 (28.1%) |