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Table 1 Long-lasting insecticidal net ownership and usage versus anopheline densities indoors, in exit traps and outdoors across the Garoua, Pitoa and Mayo Oulo health districts

From: Patterns of anopheline feeding/resting behaviour and Plasmodium infections in North Cameroon, 2011–2014: implications for malaria control

Health district

LLINs ownership (%)

LLINs use (%)

Collection method

No. of traps

No. of Anopheles caught

Mean no. ± SD of Anopheles/trap

F-value

P-value

Garoua

60.1

42.9

Outdoors

1080

1307

1.21 ± 1.27

1.67

0.24

Exit trap

1200

1158

0.97 ± 0.70

Indoors

600

1091

1.82 ± 0.74

Pitoa

68.3

54.5

Outdoors

864

1889

2.19 ± 1.02

4.00

0.05

Exit trap

960

1412

1.47 ± 1.26

Indoors

480

1799

3.75 ± 0.96

Mayo Oulo

70.8

53.8

Outdoors

648

172

0.27 ± 0.30

0.43

0.56

Exit trap

720

225

0.31 ± 0.38

Indoors

360

325

0.90 ± 0.29

  1. Abbreviations: LLINs ownership (%), percentage of households owning long-lasting insecticidal nets; LLINs use (%), percentage of households using long-lasting insecticidal nets; SD, standard deviation; F-value (one-way ANOVA); P-value: significance at 0.05%