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Table 3 Association between trap type and mosquito catch during field evaluation using a generalised linear mixed effects model

From: Field evaluation of two novel sampling devices for collecting wild oviposition site seeking malaria vector mosquitoes: OviART gravid traps and squares of electrocuting nets

 

Box gravid trap (reference)

OviART gravid trap

Square of E-nets

MM-X trap

Anopheles gambiae (s.l.)

 Mean (95 % CI)

0.5 (0.2–1.2)

1.7 (0.9–3.4)

1.2 (0.6–2.5)

2.2 (1.1–4.3)

 RR (95 % CI)

1a

3.3 (1.5–7.0)b

2.3 (1.0–5.1)b

4.2 (1.9–8.9)b

  P-value

–

0.003

0.041

< 0.001

Anopheles funestus (s.l.)

 Mean (95 % CI)

0.3 (0.2–0.8)

0.7 (0.4–1.3)

1.4 (0.7–2.3)

4.2 (2.9–6.2)

 RR (95 % CI)

1a

2.0 (0.8–5.4)ab

4.2 (1.7–10.3)b

12.6 (5.4–29.3)c

  P-value

–

0.156

0.002

< 0.001

Other Anopheles spp.

 Mean (95 % CI)

0.2 (0.1–0.6)

0.2 (0.1–0.5)

2.7 (1.5–4.9)

1.0 (0.5–1.9)

 RR (95 % CI)

1a

0.8 (0.2–3.3)a

11.8 (3.9–35.4)b

4.1 (1.3–13.0)b

  P-value

–

0.722

< 0.001

0.016

Culicine species

 Mean (95 % CI)

16.0 (11.0–23.1)

29.2 (20.3–41.9)

31.8 (22.2–45.6)

19.6 (13.6–28.2)

 RR (95 % CI)

1a

1.8 (1.26–2.7)b

2.0 (1.4–23.1)b

1.23 (0.8–1.8)a

  P-value

–

0.002

< 0.001

0.284

  1. a,b,cMultiple comparisons of treatments were calculated based on the model parameter estimates. Values sharing same letter were not statistically different (P > 0.05)