Trapping of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) vectors using Light Emitting Diode (LED) CDC traps in two arboviral disease hot spots in Kenya

Parasites & Vectors

Table 4 Comparisons of colored LED collections relative to the control (incandescent light) for trapping experiment at Marigat district, July-September 2011

Vector species	Treatment comparison relative to the control	IRR (95% CI)	P-value
Mn. uniformis	BGR	0.79 (0.41–1.53)	0.4757
	blue	0.71 (0.37–1.38)	0.3145
	green	0.63 (0.32–1.21)	0.1613
	red	0.49 (0.25–0.94)	0.0314 *
	violet	0.47 (0.24–0.92)	0.0262 *
Mn. africana	BGR	0.44 (0.21–0.95)	0.0340 *
	blue	0.47 (0.22–1.02)	0.0512 .
	green	0.47 (0.22–0.99)	0.0472 *
	red	0.41 (0.19–0.87)	0.0196 *
	violet	0.39 (0.18–0.82)	0.0130 *
Cx. pipiens	BGR	0.56 (0.28–1.13)	0.10536
	blue	0.55 (0.27–1.11)	0.09325 .
	green	0.35 (0.18–0.71)	0.00354 **
	red	0.33 (0.16–0.67)	0.00198 **
	violet	0.49 (0.24–0.98)	0.04096 *

Estimated incidence rate ratio (IRR); Confidence interval (CI) and corresponding P-values; Asterisks indicate that the index is significantly different from unity at the P, 0.05 (*), P, 0.01 (**), P, 0.001 (***) levels of probability.