Table 2 The intensity of sugar feeding by species. Zero is interpreted as unfed mosquitoes while increasing intensities of sugar feeding are indicated as 1, 2 and 3.
From: Natural sugar feeding rates of Anopheles mosquitoes collected by different methods in western Kenya
Species | Anthrone result | Males | Females | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percent (95% CI) | Number | Percent (95% CI) | ||
An. funestus | 0 | 1090 | 58.7 (51.4–66) | 2310 | 72.3 (69.7–75) |
1 | 364 | 19.6 (15.5–23.7) | 380 | 11.9 (10.4–13.4) | |
2 | 234 | 12.6 (10.1–15.1) | 243 | 7.6 (6.5–8.7) | |
3 | 168 | 9.1 (6.9–11.3) | 260 | 8.1 (6.8–9.5) | |
Any sugar | 766 | 41.3 (34.0–48.6) | 883 | 27.7 (25.0–30.3) | |
An. gambiae | 0 | 185 | 72.8 (64.3–81.3) | 1149 | 87.2 (84.3–90) |
1 | 23 | 9.1 (5.1–13) | 105 | 8.0 (5.5–10.4) | |
2 | 20 | 7.9 (4.1–11.7) | 32 | 2.4 (1.6–3.2) | |
3 | 26 | 10.2 (5.4–15.1) | 32 | 2.4 (1.5–3.4) | |
Any sugar | 69 | 27.2 (18.7–35.7) | 169 | 12.8 (10.0–15.7) | |
An. coustani | 0 | 1343 | 90.3 (88.5–92.1) | 9296 | 91.7 (90.8–92.6) |
1 | 88 | 5.9 (4.7–7.2) | 609 | 6.0 (5.3–6.7) | |
2 | 27 | 1.8 (1.1–2.6) | 171 | 1.7 (1.4–2) | |
3 | 29 | 2.0 (1.2–2.7) | 60 | 0.6 (0.4–0.7) | |
Any sugar | 144 | 9.7 (7.9–11.5) | 840 | 8.3 (7.4–9.2) | |
