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Table 1 Percentage of population fed for C.p . f. molestus and C.p. f. pipiens PENN when fed preferred vs. non-preferred blood types [following 28, 31, 33]

From: Daily blood feeding rhythms of laboratory-reared North American Culex pipiens

 

N

   

Strain

Total fed horse blood

Total fed goose blood

Elapsed time (h)

Horse blood

Goose blood

C.p. f. molestus

88

92

3

4.9 (1.1, 9.7)

0 (0,0)

   

6

20.4 (7.4, 34.3)

11.8 (3.7, 20.7)

   

9

38.9 (28.4, 49.0)

24.3 (8.5, 42.7)

   

12

17.0 (3.3, 34.0)

27.0 (20.3, 34.8(

   

15

11.3 (1.1, 23.9)

28.8 (15.5, 42.0)

   

>24

7.7 (0, 14.1)

7.9 (0, 12.5)

C.p. f. pipiens PENN

197

115

3

57.1 (41.0, 75.7)

61.0 (52.0, 71.3)

   

6

38.7 (20.0, 56.0)

31.8 (24.3, 39.0)

   

9

2.5 (0, 5.8)

2.4 (0.7, 4.4)

   

12

1.6 (0, 5.0)

3.0 (0.7, 5.6)

   

15

0 (0, 0)

0.02 (0, 0.1)

   

>24

0 (0, 0)

0 (0, 0)

  1. Preferred blood types for each population are in italics. Ninety-five percent confidence intervals were calculated via parametric bootstrapping (N = 5000).