Table 4.
Indoor/outdoor biting ratios, percent of mosquitoes biting before 2200, percent of the total mosquito bites that occurs while people are indoors (πi ) and percent of the total mosquitoes that occurs while people are sleeping (πs )
An. gambiae s.l. | An. gambiae | An. arabiensis | An. funestus | ||||||
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Miwani, 1989-90 | Asembo, 2011 | Asembo, 2011 | Ahero, 1989-90 | Asembo, 2009 | Asembo, 2011 | Ahero, 1989-90 | Asembo, 2009 | Asembo, 2011 | |
Indoor/Outdoor ratio | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 12.0 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
% biting before 2100 indoors | 1.1 | 6.6 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 18.2 | 18.9 | 0.8 | 6.5 | 4.2 |
% biting before 2200 indoors | 2.6 | 11.2 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 33.3 | 24.2 | 1.6 | 10.8 | 6.2 |
% biting before 2100 outdoors | 0.7 | 11.1 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 25.3 | 14.5 | 1.4 | 30.2 | 8.2 |
% biting before 2200 outdoors | 5.6 | 18.2 | 6.6 | 4.1 | 33.3 | 19.9 | 2.9 | 40.1 | 12.3 |
Non-users of nets: | |||||||||
Exposure indoors (πi) | 0.99 | 0.96 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 0.97 | 0.98 |
Exposure while asleep (πs) | 0.98 | 0.90 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 0.80 | 0.84 | 0.98 | 0.91 | 0.94 |
Users of nets: | |||||||||
Exposure indoors (πi) | 0.96 | 0.72 | 0.83 | 0.97 | 0.80 | 0.87 | 0.99 | 0.78 | 0.86 |
Exposure while asleep (πs) | 0.72 | 0.36 | 0.52 | 0.64 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.77 | 0.40 | 0.50 |