Table 3. Estimated mean number of non-malaria mosquitoes and overall number of mosquitoes collected per night from the odour-baited mosquito landing boxes (MLBs) fitted with one, two or three electrocuting grids during the wet season or dry season testsϕ.
Culex species | Mansonia species | All mosquito species combined | ||||||||
Round 1 (Wet season) | No. Grids on MLB | Mean [95% CI] | RR [95% CI] | P value | Mean [95% CI] | RR [95% CI] | P value | Mean [95% CI] | RR [95% CI] | P value |
One Grid | 2.61 [1.79–3.81] | REF | REF | 14.66 [10.87–19.75] | REF | REF | 20.24 [14.72–27.84] | REF | REF | |
Two Grids | 4.39 [2.68–4.88] | 1.89 [1.03–2.64] | 0.029 | 12.08 [10.85–13.45] | 0.82 [0.74–0.92 | <0.001 | 99.36 [82.35–119.89] | 4.91 [4.07–5.92] | <0.001 | |
Three Grids | 3.39 [2.56–4.15] | 1.90 [0.98–2.59] | 0.329 | 10.68 [9.50–12.01] | 0.73 [0.65–0.82] | <0.001 | 41.53 [34.37–50.19] | 2.05 [1.69–2.48] | <0.001 | |
Culex species | Mansonia species | All mosquito species combined | ||||||||
Round 2 (Dry season) | No. Grids on MLB | Mean [95% CI] | RR [95% CI] | P value | Mean [95% CI] | RR [95% CI] | P value | Mean [95% CI] | RR [95% CI] | P value |
One Grid | 1.93 [1.24–2.99] | REF | REF | 1.59 [1.01–2.51] | REF | REF | 19.07 [13.77–26.41 | REF | REF | |
Two Grids | 2.78 [2.24–3.44] | 1.44 [1.16–1.79] | <0.001 | 2.05 [1.65–2.54 | 1.29 [1.04–1.59] | 0.02 | 30.02 [27.77–32.45] | 1.57 [1.46–1.70 | <0.001 | |
Three Grids | 3.70 [2.97–4.62] | 1.92 [1.54–2.39] | <0.001 | 4.16 [3.32–5.21] | 2.61 [2.08–3.27] | <0.001 | 33.05 [30.49–35.82] | 1.73 [1.59–1.88] | <0.001 |
ϕ The RR stands for relative rate while REF stands for a reference category.
All the estimations were generated using Generalized Linear Mixed Effects Models in R [55].