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. 2017 Aug 7;97(5):1428–1436. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0061

Table 1.

Number of containers and mean number of pupae by type of containers collected in baseline (April-May 2015, autumn; elevated vector densities due to higher temperatures) and follow up (November 2015, spring; low vector density due to low temperatures)

Container type Intervention clusters Control clusters
Baseline Follow-up Baseline Follow-up
Container n (%) Mean pupae/container Container n (%) Mean pupae/container Container n (%) Mean pupae/container Container n (%) Mean pupae/container
Tanks* 39 (3.2) 0.46 51 (3.4) 0.08 39 (3.9) 0.21 45 (3.8) 0.39
Large standing cement water tanks* 6 (0.5) 0 19 (1.3) 0 18 (1.8) 0.11 26 (2.2) 0
Paint can-sized water containers* 7 (0.6) 0 9 (0.6) 0 9 (0.9) 0 1 (0.1) 0
Buckets* 82 (6.8) 0.05 95 (6.4) 0.09 63 (6.3) 0.06 62 (5.2) 0.08
Others* 960 (79.8) 0.01 1182 (79.6) 0 744 (74.5) 0.05 997 (84.3) 0.00
Paint can-sized water containers 11 (0.9) 13.50 15 (1.0) 0.53 5 (0.5) 0.40 6 (0.5) 0
Flower vases 1 (0.1) 0 1 (0.1) 5.00 0 (0.0) 0 2 (0.2) 0
Tires 20 (1.7) 1.24 8 (0.5) 0.38 10 (1.0) 0.75 4 (0.6) 0
Bottles 7 (0.7) 0 49 (3.3) 0 46 (4.6) 0 8 (0.7) 0
Other small miscellaneous containers 36 (3.0) 2.06 33 (2.2) 0 31(3.1) 1.00 9 (0.8) 0.17
Tanks 6 (0.5) 1.80 4 (0.3) 0 11 (1.2) 0.40 4 (0.3) 0
Other large miscellaneous containers 28 (2.3) 0.71 19 (1.3) 0 23 (2.3) 0.39 16 (1.4) 0
Total 1,203 (100) 0.26 1,485 (100) 0.02 999 0.09 1,183 0.02

Number of house: Intervention clusters: 809, Control clusters: 585 (in both surveys).

*

In use.

Not in use.