Table 1 Median number of female Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes recaptured per night by Mosclean trap and other candidate traps inside the semi-field chambers in tests to compare trapping efficacies of the Mosclean trap, CDC-light trap, human landing catches (HLC), BG-Sentinel trap and Suna trap. Table also shows interquartile ranges (IQR) and relative rates (RR)

Competitive comparison of Mosclean trap and CDC-light trap

CDC-light trap indoors

524

26.5 (20.5–72.75)

Ref

Ref

Mosclean trap indoors

1102

100.5 (87.75–118.25)

2.1 (0.97–4.56)

0.059

Competitive comparison of Mosclean trap and HLC

HLC indoors

1124

88.5 (82–103)

Ref

Ref

Mosclean trap indoors

834

79.5 (54.75–96.25)

0.74 (0.51–1.07)

0.113

Non-competitive comparison of Mosclean trap and HLC

HLC indoors

626

102 (98.25–115.50)

Ref

Ref

Mosclean trap indoors

817

97 (76.75–175.75)

1.1 (0.67–1.82)

0.708

Direct comparison of Mosclean trap against Suna trap and BG-Sentinel trap

CO₂-baited BG-Sentinel trap outdoors

777

18 (5–27.25)

Ref

Ref

CO₂-baited Mosclean trap outdoors

963

32.5 (27.75–42)

1.48 (0.96–2.32)

0.086

CO₂-baited Suna trap outdoors

1149

30 (19.50–48)

1.67 (1.08–2.66)

0.021

Unbaited Mosclean trap outdoors

325

9 (4.0–13.25)

0.46 (0.29–0.72)

< 0.001