Fig. 2

Predictive model describing the biting time profile of mosquitoes for different proportion of inhabitants using bednets: absence of coverage (a); intermediate coverage (b); full coverage (c). In b the model curve is overlapped with the human biting activity observed in sampling time windows in Goden, Burkina Faso (21:00–22:00 h; 00:00–01:00 h; 03:00–04:00 h). Differently from the theoretical model proposed by Ferreira et al. [90], in this study the curve of the biting activity is shrinked to three time windows, from which 100% of mosquitoes are counted. This results in a higher relative proportion of mosquitoes in this time window compared to the model curve (x-axis, hours; y-axis, percentage of biting mosquitoes). Modified from Ferreira et al. (2017) Modelling the impact of the long-term use of insecticide-treated bed nets on Anopheles mosquito biting time. Malar J. 16:373 [90] (Creative commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)