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Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Proportion of mosquitoes caught indoors, during sleeping hours and human exposure estimates

Taxon	Method (N)	Proportion caught indoors (P_i)		Proportion caught when most humans are indoors (P_fl)		Proportion of human exposure occurring indoors (π_i)
		¹Estimate [95% CI]	p	Estimate [95% CI]	p	Estimate [95% CI]	p
An. gambiae	EG (122)	0.459 [0.373-0.548]	0.366	0.631 [0.542-0.712]	0.004	0.612 [0.471-0.737]	0.119
	HLC (193)	0.518 [0.448-0.588]	0.614	0.855 [0.798-0.898]	<0.001	0.853 [0.770-0.909]	<0.001
An. arabiensis	EG (36)	0.306 [0.178-0.472]	0.023	0.722 [0.556-0.844]	0.010	0.529 [0.303-0.745]	0.808
	HLC (103)	0.311 [0.229-0.406]	<0.001	0.748 [0.655-0.822]	<0.001	0.565 [0.421-0.700]	0.378
An. coustani	EG (295)	0.268 [0.221-0.321]	<0.001	0.685 [0.629-0.735]	<0.001	0.435 [0.345-0.530]	0.179
	HLC (1919)	0.222 [0.204-0.241]	<0.001	0.773 [0.754-0.791]	<0.001	0.492 [0.452-0.531]	0.686
Culex spp	EG (51995)	0.321 [0.317-0.326]	<0.001	0.629 [0.625-0.633]	<0.001	0.446 [0.440-0.452]	<0.001
	HLC (112150)	0.375 [0.372-0.378]	<0.001	0.694 [0.692-0.697]	<0.001	0.572 [0.568-0.576]	<0.001

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