Table 4 Blood feeding preference and sporozoite rates for An. gambiae s.s. collected from the three study villages, at baseline and monthly mean during the 12-months post-intervention period
Mosquito population | Treatment | Time of testing | Blood positivity rate (%) | Sporozoite positivity rate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. tested | Human only | Cattle only | Other | p value | No. tested | Positive (%) | p value | |||
Ilara | UTC | Baseline | 295 | 82.7 | 13.4 | 3.4 | 0.558 | 568 | 1.76 | 0.709 |
Post-intervention | 1500 | 81.1 | 13.0 | 10.5 | 4345 | 2.09 | ||||
Irolu | PN 3.0 | Baseline | 350 | 80.9 | 17.1 | 2.0 | 0.042 | 702 | 2.14 | 0.022 |
Post-intervention | 27 | 29.6 | 70.4 | 0 | 573 | 0.87 | ||||
Ijesa | PN 2.0 | Baseline | 360 | 85.0 | 13.9 | 1.1 | 0.091 | 745 | 3.08 | 0.832 |
Post-intervention | 548 | 60.0 | 36.0 | 4.0 | 2415 | 2.81 | ||||