Comparison of the CDC Backpack aspirator and the Prokopack aspirator for sampling indoor- and outdoor-resting mosquitoes in southern Tanzania

Table 2 Comparison of total mosquitoes collected using the CDC-BP and the Prokopack aspirator in all sampling sites

Site	Aspiration method	n	N	IRR	Median	IQR	p-value
Indoors
Indoor aspiration	CDC - BP	56	701	1	5	2 - 14.5	-
	Prokopack	56	658	0.93	6	3 - 15	0.735
Outdoors
Large barrel	CDC	56	114	1	1	0 - 2.5	-
	Prokopack	56	101	1.04	1	0 - 2.5	0.867
Car tyre	CDC - BP	56	46	1	0	0 - 1	-
	Prokopack	56	31	0.78	0	0 - 1	0.418
Kibanda*	CDC - BP	48	420	1	4	1 - 8.5	-
	Prokopack	45	293	0.86	2	0 - 8	0.519

* fewer replicates of the kibanda were performed due to some roofs being under repair during the collection period
n - number of replicates; N - Total number of collected mosquitoes; IRR - incidence rate ratio; IQR - inter-quartile range.

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