Table 1.
Comparison of mean number of female and male Anopheles funestus, Anopheles gambiae Complex and Culex species collected indoors and outdoors by aspiration between screened and unscreened houses
Collection location | Category | Mosquito species | Intervention status | Mosquito numbers | Mean (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | P-value |
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Indoors | Female | Anopheles funestus | Screened | 219 | 0.47 (0.34–0.60) | 0.40 (0.29–0.55) | < 0.001 |
Unscreened | 593 | 1.34 (0.94–1.74) | Ref | ||||
Anopheles gambiae | Screened | 202 | 0.43 (0.31–0.56) | 0.46 (0.34–0.62) | < 0.001 | ||
Unscreened | 403 | 0.91 (0.72–1.10) | Ref | ||||
Culex species | Screened | 4256 | 9.13 (7.55–10.72) | 0.53 (0.45–0.61) | < 0.001 | ||
Unscreened | 7128 | 16.09 (13.80–18.38) | Ref | ||||
Male | Anopheles funestus | Screened | 260 | 0.56 (0.28–0.84) | 0.37 (0.26–0.53) | < 0.001 | |
Unscreened | 478 | 1.08 (0.82–1.34) | Ref | ||||
Anopheles gambiae | Screened | 175 | 0.38 (0.21–0.54) | 0.40 (0.28–0.57) | < 0.001 | ||
Unscreened | 341 | 0.77 (0.59–0.95) | Ref | ||||
Culex species | Screened | 4573 | 9.81 (7.67–11.95) | 0.36 (0.30–0.43) | < 0.001 | ||
Unscreened | 10,265 | 23.17 (19.70–26.65) | Ref | ||||
Outdoors | Female | Anopheles funestus | Screened | 123 | 0.27 (0.18–0.35) | 1.08 (0.72–1.63) | 0.70 |
Unscreened | 105 | 0.24 (0.12–0.37) | Ref | ||||
Anopheles gambiae | Screened | 418 | 0.91 (0.72–1.09) | 1.23 (0.94–1.62) | 0.13 | ||
Unscreened | 347 | 0.80 (0.58–1.02) | Ref | ||||
Culex species | Screened | 1867 | 4.05 (3.40–4.69) | 1.11 (0.90–1.37) | 0.33 | ||
Unscreened | 1438 | 3.31 (2.77–3.86) | Ref | ||||
Male | Anopheles funestus | Screened | 204 | 0.44 (0.29–0.60) | 1.59 (1.00–2.53) | 0.05 | |
Unscreened | 90 | 0.21 (0.14–0.28) | Ref | ||||
Anopheles gambiae | Screened | 308 | 0.67 (0.51–0.82) | 1.09 (0.79–1.51) | 0.58 | ||
Unscreened | 301 | 0.69 (0.49–0.89) | Ref | ||||
Culex species | Screened | 2196 | 4.76 (4.00–5.53) | 1.10 (0.87–1.39) | 0.42 | ||
Unscreened | 1712 | 3.94 (3.26–4.63) | Ref |