Table 1 Estimated mean number of mosquitoes sampled per night from around the odour baited mosquito landing boxes, whenever the boxes were screened (having a semi-open screen cage permanently located over the device throughout the sampling night) and un-screened (the screen cage being used only intermittently at times of mosquito sampling)
Treatments | Anopheles arabiensis | Anopheles funestus | Culex species | Mansonia species | Total No. mosquitoes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Mean (95%CI) | Sum (%) | Mean (95%CL) | Sum (%) | Mean (95%CL) | Sum (%) | Mean (95%CL) | Sum (%) | Â |
Screen cage fixed over the device | 45.2 | 542 | 2.3 | 27 | 22.8 | 273 | 13.7 | 164 | 1006 |
(25.5-80.0) | (53.9) | (1.1-4.4) | (2.7) | (12.8-40.6) | (27.1) | (7.6-24.6) | (16.3) | (100%) | |
Screen cage used intermittently | 44.8 | 538 | 2.6 | 31 | 20.1 | 241 | 16.3 | 195 | 1005 |
(25.3-79.4) | (53.5) | (1.3-5.0) | (3.1) | (11.3-35.9) | (24.0) | (9.1-29.1) | (19.4) | (100%) | |