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Table 3 Mean number of An. gambiae s.l. bites per person per night (Mean bi/p/n) during the seasons and annually, as determined by human landing Catches (HLC) at the study sites

From: The impact of the expansion of urban vegetable farming on malaria transmission in major cities of Benin

 

Houeyiho

Acron

Azèrèkè

 

Dry season

Rainy season

annual

Dry season

Rainy season

annual

Dry season

Rainy season

annual

Mean bites/p/n*

10.95

42.73

9,798

7.84

37.34

8,224

3.04

23.14

6,1671

Mean bites/p/n**

2.70

22.42

4,563

2.85

19.01

4,601

1.41

17.75

3,000

P value

0.015

0.115

0.091

0.033

0.137

0.024

0.033

0.428

0.025

  1. * = close to farms
  2. ** = far from farms