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Table 5 Bloodmeal origins of P. orientalis collected from indoor, peri-domestic and agricultural field as determined by ELISA assay

From: Host-feeding preference of Phlebotomus orientalis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in an endemic focus of visceral leishmaniasis in northern Ethiopia

Sources of bloodmeal

Indoor

Peri-domestic

Agricultural field

Bovine

8(34.78)

176(51.76)

29(30.85)

Donkey

4(17.39)

34(10)

6(6.38)

Human

6(26.09)

22(6.47)

3(3.19)

Goat/sheep

2(8.7)

8(2.35)

13(13.83)

Dog

0

8(2.35)

0

Bovine-Donkey-Dog

2(8.7)

14(4.12)

13(13.83)

Bovine-Dog

0

18(5.29)

2(2.13)

Bovine-Donkey

0

1(0.29)

0

Donkey-Dog

0

6(1.76)

4(4.25)

Human-Bovine-Dog

0

2(0.59)

0

Human-Bovine

0

8(2.35)

1(1.06)

Human-Bovine-Donkey

1 (4.35)

17(5)

3 (9.57)

Human-Donkey

0

4(1.18)

1(1.06)

Human-Dog

0

2(0.59)

1(1.06)

Human-Donkey-Dog

0

2(0.59)

1(1.06)

Unidentified

0

18(5.29)

17(18.09)

Total

23

340

94