Table 5. Association of blood-fed and Plasmodium DNA positive culicids and force of infection and prevalence of malaria in the study area.
| Number of culicids | Total culicids | Outdoor culicids | Indoor culicids | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRR (CI 95%) | P | IRR (CI 95%) | p | IRR (CI 95%) | p | |
| Plasmodium DNA positive culicids | ||||||
| Incidence | 3.49 (1.38–8.84) | 0.008 | 4.97 (0.43–57.67) | 0.200 | 4.07 (1.25–13.24) | 0.020 |
| Prevalence | 4.48 (2.22–9.05) | <0.001 | . . . | . . . | 4.88 (2.01–11.82) | <0.001 |
| Blood-fed culicids | ||||||
| Incidence | 1.03 (1.01–1.05) | 0.006 | 1.05 (0.99–1.11) | 0.060 | 1.01 (0.98–1.04) | 0.610 |
| Prevalence | 1.01 (0.99–1.03) | 0.220 | 1.04 (0.98–1.09) | 0.174 | 1.01 (0.98–1.04) | 0.394 |