Table 3.

Malaria vector abundance and distribution in various aquatic habitats a cross Kakamega County, highlands of western Kenya

Aquatic habitat type	Anopheline larval species
	An. gambiae s.l	An. Funestus s.l	An. Coustani s.l	An. implexus	An. squamosus
Drainage ditches	18.6 (16.1 – 21.00)	3.20 (2.54 – 3.85)	1.66 (1.34 – 1.98)	0.03 (0.01 – 0.07)	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)
Foot prints	29.80 (19.6 – 39.90)	0.91 (0.11 – 1.70)	1.07 (0.86 – 3.00)	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)
Gold mine	29.80 (19.6 – 39.90)	4.10 (2.59 – 5.62)	0.80 (0.35 – 1.25)	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)
Burrow pits	15.8 (11.30 – 20.40)	5.27 (3.25 – 7.29)	0.77 (0.44 – 1.11)	0.13 (0.13 – 040)	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)
Cultivated swamp	4.6 (2.20 – 11.40) b	1.32 (0.36 – 3.01)	0.97 (0.52 – 2.46)	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)
Tire tracks	1.0 (1.80 – 3.80)	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)	2.00 (3.55 – 7.55)
Rock pools	14.2 (13.30 – 41.60)	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)
Fish ponds	46.2 (9.50 – 82.90) a, b	4.60 (0.37 – 8.83)	1.60 (0.07 – 3.27)	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)
Puddles	3.3 (0.50 – 7.30) a	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)	0.41 (0.16 – 0.97)	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)	0.00 (0.00 – 0.00)
P value	P<0.001	-	-	-	-

^aP<0.05

^bP<0.05

n, number of habitats; (%), proportions percentage of breeding aquatic habitat types, mean of various vector species is presented alongside the confidence intervals; numbers in parentheses are 95% confidence intervals. P value = significant test at alpha level of 0.05; An., Anopheles s.l, sensu lato. The table describes the mean of various malaria vector species per study site and multiple comparisons across the study sites; letters following numbers indicate the results of Tukey-Kramer honestly significant difference tests. Letters in a row show similar significant. -; no analysis of variance since some land use type had no anopheline mosquito count. P values are in bold