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Table 2 Potential of electrocuting grids to predict different outcomes compared to the HLC gold standard

From: Advantages and limitations of commercially available electrocuting grids for studying mosquito behaviour

Taxon

Method (N)

Proportion caught indoors (Pi)

Proportion caught when most humans are indoors (Pfl)

Proportion of human exposure occurring indoors (Ï€i)

  

2OR [95% CI]

p

OR [95% CI]

p

OR [95% CI]

p

An. gambiae

EG (122)

0.789 [0.501-1.243]

0.307

0.290 [0.169-0.500]

<0.001

0.272 [0.123-0.602]

0.001

 

HLC (193)

1

 

1

 

1

 

An. arabiensis

EG (36)

0.976 [0.429-2.223]

0.954

0.878 [0.374-2.036]

0.765

0.865 [0.283-2.643]

0.800

 

HLC (103)

1

 

1

 

1

 

An. coustani

EG (295)

1.282 [0.969-1.695]

0.081

0.639 [0.489-0.835]

0.001

0.796 [0.527-1.202]

0.278

 

HLC (1919)

1

 

1

 

1

 

Culex spp

EG (51995)

0.789 [0.772-0.807]

<0.001

0.747 [0.731-0.764]

<0.001

0.602 [0.583-0.620]

<0.001

 

HLC (112150)

1

 

1

 

1

 
  1. 2 OR: odds ratio.