Evaluation of textile substrates for dispensing synthetic attractants for malaria mosquitoes

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Total and mean (±SE) number of female An. gambiae collected in MM-X traps baited with blend IB1 dispensed from nylon, polyester, cotton and cellulose + polyacrylate material within a screen-walled greenhouse

Treatment	N	Mosquitoes caught
Treatment	N	n	Mean (±SE)
IB1-treated nylon	16	428	26.8 ± 1.3^a
IB1-treated polyester	16	377	23.6 ± 1.2^a
IB1-treated cotton	16	503	31.4 ± 1.4^b
IB1-treated cellulose + polyacrylate	16	779	48.7 ± 1.7^c

N is the number of experimental nights, n is the total number of mosquitoes caught whereas SE is the standard error of the mean catch per night. Mean ± SE mosquito catches within the same column assigned different letter superscripts are significantly different at P < 0.05 (Generalized Linear Models).

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