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Table 3 Mean number (±SE) of male mosquitoes caught in outdoor MM-X traps without odour bait, baited with blend IB1 dispensed from nylon, polyester, cotton and cellulose + polyacrylate material in Kigoche village for 25 nights

From: Evaluation of textile substrates for dispensing synthetic attractants for malaria mosquitoes

Treatment

N

Mean number ± SE of mosquitoes caught

An. gambiae s.l.

An. funestus

Culex spp.

Mansonia spp.

Other anophelines

No odour bait

25

0.32 ± 0.11a

0.04 ± 0.04a

0.12 ± 0.07a

0.04 ± 0.04a

0.04 ± 0.04a

IBI-treated nylon

25

0.64 ± 0.16a

0.35 ± 0.12a

0.24 ± 0.09a

0.00

0.08 ± 0.06a

IB1-treated polyester

25

1.76 ± 0.27b

0.94 ± 0.20b

0.40 ± 0.13a

0.04 ± 0.04a

0.16 ± 0.08a

IBI-treated cotton

25

1.60 ± 0.25b

1.06 ± 0.21b

0.36 ± 0.12a

0.00

0.04 ± 0.04a

IB1-treated cellulose + polyacrylate

25

1.40 ± 0.24b

0.98 ± 0.20b

0.48 ± 0.14a

0.08 ± 0.06a

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