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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2020 Jun 1;36(2):66–73. doi: 10.2987/20-6931.1

Table 1.

Relative abundance of Ae. aegypti in AGO traps and number of traps with given micro-habitat features, and weather variables observed in IS, Guayama municipality (mass-trapping intervention site) from December 2016 to April 2017 and in NIS, Salinas municipality (nonintervention site), Puerto Rico from April to July 2017.

Variable name Units/Code IN surveillance traps – Average ± Standard Error (sample size) or # of traps NIS surveillance traps - Average ± Standard Error (sample size) or # of traps

Number of Aedes aegypti females Individuals/trap/week 0.98 ± 0.06 (429) 17.59 ± 0.77 (445)
Trap location (building) Front (0), Elsewhere (alongside, back) (1) 16, 11 17, 10
Trap exposure to rain No (0), Yes (1) 3, 24 4, 24
Trap exposure to sun Total (0), Partial/shade (1) 10, 17 8, 20
Trap under vegetation No (0), Yes (1) 20, 7 21, 7
Ground cover under trap Grass (0), Built (1) 4, 23 5, 23
Trap background Dark (0), Light (1) 20, 7 10, 18
Presence of adult mosquitoes alive in infusion chamber* No (0), Yes (1) 414, 15 328, 91
Distance to nearest window or door Meters 2.85 ± 0.44 (27) 4.48 ± 0.64 (27)
Trap water volume Liters 7.05 ± 0.06 (429) 7.21 ± 0.06 (445)
Trap water minimum daily temperature °C 22.67 ± 0.66 (401) 25.02 ± 0.10 (445)
Trap water maximum daily temperature °C 33.29 ± 0.18 (401) 36.69 ± 0.18 (445)
Trap water mean daily temperature °C 27.10 ± 0.07 (401) 29.93 ± 0.08 (445)
House occupancy Uninhabited (0), inhabited (1) 8, 19 4, 23
Pet presence No (0), Yes (1) 18, 9 11, 17
Mean daily temperature ** °C 25.72 ± 0.14 (16) 27.79 ± 0.32 (16)
Mean daily Relative humidity ** % 74.70 ± 0.75 (16) 76.08 ± 0.67 (16)
Weekly rainfall ** mm 11.71 ± 3.99 (16) 18.43 ± 5.01 (16)
Mean daily wind speed ** m/s 1.0 ± 0.09 (16) 1.77 ± 0.07 (16)
*

Following heavy rains, protruded eggs from captured female Ae. aegypti can be washed through the screen into the infusion chamber, hatch, and develop into adults that remain trapped within the infusion chamber

**

Measured at meteorological stations located at study sites