Table 6.
The influence of trapping method and experiment upon the proportion of sampled An. gambiae s.l. which were fully or part blood fed, determined by logistic regression as described in the methods section
Variable | Proportion fed (%) | OR [95%C.I] | P |
Trap type | |||
Furvela | 1.53 (20/1306) | 0.24 [0.15, 0.39] | < 0.001 |
Ifakara A | 10.90(47/429) | 1.56 [1.17, 2.10] | < 0.002 |
Ifakara B | 6.51 (166/2548) | 1.00 [0.80, 1.23] | 0.998 |
Light trap | 1.83 (142/7744) | 0.32 [0.25, 0.40] | < 0.001 |
Human landing catch | 8.10 (363/4479) | 1.00a | NA |
Experiment | |||
Experiment 1 | 3.10 (204/6624) | 0.56 [0.43, 0.72] | < 0.001 |
Experiment 2 | 3.74 (319/8525) | 0.48 [0.39, 0.58] | < 0.001 |
Experiment 3 | 1.00a | NA |