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This study was conducted to assess the resting behaviour, blood meal sources and circumsporozoite (CSP) rates of <jats:italic>Anopheles<\/jats:italic> mosquito in Aradum village, Northern Ethiopia.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Mosquito collection was conducted from September 2019 to February 2020 using clay pots (indoor and outdoor), pit shelter and pyrethrum spray catches (PSC). The species of <jats:italic>Anopheles gambiae<\/jats:italic> complex and <jats:italic>Anopheles funestus<\/jats:italic> group were identified using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was done to determine CSP and blood meal sources of malaria vectors.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A total of 775 female <jats:italic>Anopheles<\/jats:italic> mosquitoes were collected using the clay pot, PSC and pit shelter. Seven <jats:italic>Anopheles<\/jats:italic> mosquito species were identified morphologically, of which <jats:italic>Anopheles demeilloni<\/jats:italic> (593; 76.5%) was the dominant species followed by <jats:italic>An. funestus<\/jats:italic> group (73; 9.4%). Seventy-three <jats:italic>An. funestus<\/jats:italic> group screened by PCR, 91.8% (67\/73) were identified as <jats:italic>Anopheles leesoni<\/jats:italic> and only 2.7% (2\/73) were found to be <jats:italic>Anopheles parensis.<\/jats:italic> The molecular speciation of 71 <jats:italic>An. gambiae<\/jats:italic> complex confirmed 91.5% (65\/71) of <jats:italic>Anopheles arabiensis<\/jats:italic>. The majority of <jats:italic>Anopheles<\/jats:italic> mosquitoes were collected from outdoor pit shelter (42.2%) followed by outdoor clay pots. The majority of the blood meal of <jats:italic>An. demeilloni<\/jats:italic> (57.5%; 161\/280), <jats:italic>An. funestus <\/jats:italic>sensu lato 10 (43.5%) and <jats:italic>An. gambiae<\/jats:italic> (33.3%; 14\/42) originated from bovine. None of the 364 <jats:italic>Anopheles<\/jats:italic> mosquitoes tested for <jats:italic>Plasmodium falciparum<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Plasmodium vivax<\/jats:italic> sporozoite infections were positive.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Since the <jats:italic>Anopheles<\/jats:italic> mosquitoes in the area prefer to bite cattle, it may be best to target them with an animal-based intervention. 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