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Table 2 Number of samples by combinations and numbers of types of blood source

From: Feeding habits of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in an area of sylvatic transmission of yellow fever in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Blood Source

Species

 

Ae. scapularis

Ae. serratus (G)

Ps. albigenu

Ps. ferox

Others

Total

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Primates

8

7.34

0

0.00

5

5.26

0

0.00

0

0.00

13

5.31

Primates + Bird

22

20.18

1

5.00

17

17.89

0

0.00

3

25.00

43

17.55

Primates + Bird + Cow

18

16.51

6

30.00

18

18.95

1

11.11

3

25.00

46

18.78

Primates + Bird + Horse

0

0.00

0

0.00

2

2.11

0

0.00

0

0.00

2

0.82

Primates + Cow + Horse

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

1.05

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.41

Primates + Bird + Cow + Horse

9

8.26

5

25.00

29

30.53

0

0.00

0

0.00

43

17.55

Primates + Bird + Cow + Rat

4

3.67

1

5.00

2

2.11

0

0.00

0

0.00

7

2.86

Primates + Cow + Horse + Rat

1

0.92

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.41

Primates + Bird + Cow + Horse + Rat

2

1.83

0

0.00

1

1.05

0

0.00

0

0.00

3

1.22

Human + Bird + Cow + Horse

1

0.92

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.41

NHP

2

1.83

1

5.00

2

2.11

0

0.00

1

8.33

6

2.45

NHP + Cow

7

6.42

2

10.00

5

5.26

2

22.22

1

8.33

17

6.94

NHP + Bird + Cow

12

11.01

2

10.00

4

4.21

0

0.00

0

0.00

18

7.35

NHP + Bird + Horse

1

0.92

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.41

NHP + Cow + Horse

12

11.01

0

0.00

2

2.11

3

33.33

0

0.00

17

6.94

NHP + Cow + Rat

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

1.05

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.41

NHP + Bird + Cow + Horse

1

0.92

2

10.00

3

3.16

1

11.11

1

8.33

8

3.27

NHP + Bird + Cow + Rat

4

3.67

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

1.63

Bird + Cow

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

1.05

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.41

Cow

3

2.75

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

11.11

0

0.00

4

1.63

Cow + Horse

1

0.92

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.41

1 source

13

11.93

1

5.00

7

7.37

1

11.11

1

8.33

23

9.39

2 sources

30

27.52

3

15.00

23

24.21

2

22.22

4

33.33

62

25.31

3 sources

43

39.45

8

40.00

28

29.47

4

44.44

3

25.00

86

35.10

4 sources

19

17.43

8

40.00

34

35.79

1

11.11

1

8.33

63

25.71

5 sources

2

1.83

0

0.00

1

1.05

 

0.00

0

0.00

3

1.22

Not reactive

2

1.83

0

0.00

2

2.11

1

11.11

8

66.67

8

3.27

Total

109

100

20

100

95

100

9

100

12

100

245

100

  1. NHP: non-human primate.
  2. Aedes serratus (G): Group including Ae. serratus and Ae. serratus/aenigmaticus. Others correspond to: Ae. fulvus, Ae. terrens, Coquillettidia venezuelensis, Haemagogus janthinomys/capricornii, Mansonia humeralis, Ma. titillans, Psorophora discrucians and Wyeomyia spp.