Table 4.
Differences in the mean number of indoor biting Anopheles arabiensis status (feeding, blood meal source and Plasmodium infection) with respect to selected housing conditions in three villages of central Ethiopia, July 2008-June 2010
Anopheline status |
Window |
Village |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
Absent | Present | Low | Mid | High | |
Fresh fed |
|
|
|
|
|
Mean |
2.49 |
0.89 |
2.58 |
0.84 |
0.55 |
p |
0.005 |
0.001 |
|||
Half gravid |
|
|
|
|
|
Mean |
0.87 |
0.40 |
0.89 |
0.29 |
0.27 |
p |
0.053 |
0.013 |
|||
Gravid |
|
|
|
|
|
Mean |
0.68 |
0.38 |
0.72 |
0.25 |
0.18 |
p |
0.196 |
0.051 |
|||
Unfed |
|
|
|
|
|
Mean |
0.74 |
0.29 |
0.75 |
0.29 |
0.27 |
p |
0.032 |
0.034 |
|||
Bovine fed |
|
|
|
|
|
Mean |
1.34 |
0.44 |
1.31 |
0.56 |
0.14 |
p |
0.018 |
0.039 |
|||
Human fed |
|
|
|
|
|
Mean |
1.15 |
0.61 |
1.07 |
0.72 |
0.57 |
p |
0.036 |
0.234 |
|||
Human and bovine fed |
|
|
|
|
|
Mean |
0.46 |
0.08 |
0.46 |
0.21 |
0 |
p |
0.008 |
0.065 |
|||
P. vivax
positive |
|
|
|
|
|
Mean |
0.09 |
0.03 |
0.09 |
0.03 |
0 |
p |
0.299 |
0.512 |
|||
P. falciparum
positive |
|
|
|
|
|
Mean |
0.01 |
0 |
0.01 |
0 |
0 |
p | 0.346 | 0.847 |