Table 3 Blood meal sources of indoor resting mosquitoes in Goulmoun (July 2006 – June 2007).
From: Malaria vectors and transmission dynamics in Goulmoun, a rural city in south-western Chad
Mosquitoes fed on each vertebrate host (%)* | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mosquito species | No. of mosquitoes | Human | Bovine | Ovine | Chicken | Equine | Dog | % mixed bloodmeal |
An. arabiensis | 144 | 63.9 | 16.7 | 21.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 5.6 | 9.1 |
An. funestus | 53 | 90.6 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 3.9 |
An. pharoensis | 7 | 71.4 | 0.0 | 42.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 |