Table 1.
Mean density of people, bed nets and domesticated animals per house within the three study sites
| Ebulako | Muluhoro | Inavi | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses per site | 70 | 60 | 63 | 193 |
| Houses sampled 1 | 53 (75.7) | 49 (81.7) | 51 (81.0) | 153 (79.3) |
| Persons | 3.68 (3.18–4.18)a | 4.16 (3.53–4.80)a | 3.31 (2.86–3.77)a | 3.71 (3.41–4.02) |
| Bed nets | 2.13 (1.80–2.46)a | 1.67 (1.27–2.08)a,b | 1.43 (1.14–1.72)b | 1.75 (1.55–1.95) |
| Houses sampled 2 | 23 (32.9) | 70 (116.7) | 59 (93.7) | 152 (78.8) |
| Cats | 0.22 (0.04–0.40)a | 0.16 (0.07–0.24)a | 0.14 (0.05–0.23)a | 0.16 (0.10–0.22) |
| Chickens | 2.09 (0.55–3.62)a | 2.81 (1.59–4.04)a | 4.81 (2.80–6.82)a | 3.48 (2.49–4.47) |
| Cows | 1.09 (0.31–1.87)a | 0.73 (0.44–1.02)a | 1.37 (0.88–1.87)a | 1.03 (0.77–1.29) |
| Dogs | 0.17 (−0.19–0.53)a | 0.04 (−0.02–0.11)a | 0.19 (0.02–0.35)a | 0.12 (0.03–0.20) |
| Goats | 0.43 (−0.13–1.00)a | 0.23 (0.05–0.41)a | 0.32 (0.09–0.56)a | 0.30 (0.15–0.44) |
| Sheep | 0 | 0.13 (−0.01–0.27)a | 0.05 (−0.05–0.15)a | 0.08 (0.00–0.15) |
Numbers in parentheses are percentages for houses sampled and are 95 % CI for the others
Letters following numbers indicate the results of Tukey–Kramer HSD tests. Values with the same letter in a row were not statistically significant at P < 0.05