Seasonal Abundance and Host-Feeding Patterns of Anopheline Vectors in Malaria Endemic Area of Iran

Table 1

Analysis of anthropophilic index of anopheline vectors according to type of resting places in south and southeastern Iran (the malaria endemic area) during study 2007-2008.

Species	No. of blood meals				Resting site
	Out	In	Total	Positive to Human Blood (%)	Out door	Indoors
						Human dwelling	Animal shed
An. stephensi	90	389	479	95 (19.8%)	26 (5.4%)	20 (4.2%)	49 (10.2%)
An. culicifacies	57	381	438	72 (16.4%)	12 (2.7%)	13 (3.0%)	47 (10.7%)
An. fluviatilis	21	123	144	54 (37.5%)	15 (10.4%)	11 (7.6%)	28 (19.4%)
An. d'thali	5	254	259	81 (30.1%)	0	6 (2.2%)	75 (27.9%)