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Table 3 Mean number of larvae per 100 dips of each anopheline species for each environmental variable. The 95% confidence intervals are provided in parentheses

From: Environmental variables associated with anopheline larvae distribution and abundance in Yanomami villages within unaltered areas of the Brazilian Amazon

Variable

An. darlingi

An. oswaldoi (s.l.)

An. triannulatus (s.s.)

An. mattogrossensis

An. costai-like

An. guarao-like

Chagasia bonnae

Associated with flood pulses

 No (n = 361)

0.14 (0–0.35)

0.64 (0.36–0.92)

None

0.01 (0–0.03)

0.41 (0.25–0.56)

0.18 (0.11–0.25)

0.20 (0.002–0.42)

 Yes (n = 350)

3.15 (1.37–4.94)

1.19 (0.78–1.61)

0.58 (0.17–0.98)

0.30 (0.17–0.43)

0.05 (0–0.12)

0.44 (0.05–0.83)

0.03 (0–0.06)

Seasonality

 Permanent (n = 435)

2.47 (1.03–3.91)

0.87 (0.56–1.17)

0.44 (0.12–0.77)

0.15 (0.07–0.24)

0.13 (0.04–0.23)

0.29 (0–0.58)

0.17 (0.002–0.35)

 Seasonal (n = 276)

0.29 (0.01–0.58)

0.98 (0.56–1.40)

0.04 (0–0.08)

0.16 (0.05–0.26)

0.39 (0.23–0.56)

0.35 (0.15–0.55)

0.03 (0.006–0.06)

Sun exposure

 Shaded (n = 424)

0.01 (0–0.03)

0.46 (0.27–0.64)

None

0.01 (0–0.03)

0.31 (0.18–0.45)

0.31 (0.16–0.45)

0.18 (0.003–0.36)

 Partially exposed (n = 200)

1.11 (0.41–1.82)

1.71 (1.05–2.37)

0.07 (0.003–0.14)

0.28 (0.11–0.45)

0.16 (0.02–0.30)

0.44 (0–1.06)

0.04 (0–0.09)

 Mostly exposed (n = 87)

10.66 (3.75–17.57)

1.29 (0.34–2.25)

2.17 (0.56–3.77)

0.54 (0.18–0.91)

None

0.03 (0–0.10)

0.01 (0–0.3)

Turbidity

 Clear (n = 480)

1.70 (0.67–2.73)

0.50 (0.36–0.64)

0.37 (0.08–0.66)

0.11 (0.04–0.18)

0.30 (0.19–0.41)

0.32 (0.04–0.60)

0.18 (0.02–0.34)

 Semi-turbid (n = 160)

1.86 (0–4.35)

1.33 (0.69–1.97)

0.13 (0–0.33)

0.28 (0.09–0.48)

0.04 (0–0.07)

0.34 (0.14–0.54)

None

 Turbid (n = 71)

0.61 (0.18–1.04)

2.74 (0.99–4.49)

0.08 (0–0.21)

0.17 (0–0.38)

0.22 (0–0.65)

0.16 (0–0.33)

None

Water movement

 Yes (n = 176)

0.07 (0–0.15)

0.38 (0.19–0.57)

None

0.02 (0–0.05)

0.26 (0.11–0.42)

0.11 (0.02–0.19)

0.45 (0.02–0.87)

 No (n = 535)

2.14 (0.96–3.32)

1.08 (0.76–1.41)

0.38 (0.11–0.64)

0.20 (0.11–0.29)

0.22 (0.12–0.33)

0.38 (0.12–0.64)

0.01 (0–0.03)

Submersed macrophytes

 Absent (n = 674)

0.67 (0.37–0.97)

0.94 (0.68–1.20)

0.03 (0.01–0.05)

0.15 (0.08–0.21)

0.24 (0.15–0.34)

0.33 (0.12–0.53)

0.13 (0.01–0.24)

 Present (n = 37)

19.03 (3.16–34.90)

0.42 (0.03–0.81)

4.94 (1.28–8.60)

0.30 (0–0.67)

0.02 (0–0.06)

None

None