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Table 1 Summary of trapping effort, numbers captured and distribution of Culicidae and Culicoides

From: Significant reduction in abundance of peridomestic mosquitoes (Culicidae) and Culicoides midges (Ceratopogonidae) after chemical intervention in western São Paulo, Brazil

Dipteran group

Trial Arm

Proportion of positive trap days

Proportion of positive households

Total no. of specimens

House site

Dog sleeping site

Chicken roosting site

Culicidae

C

0.81 (100/123)

0.82 (84/103)

1372

517

280

575

PI

0.72 (81/110)

0.73 (66/88)

658

231

190

237

DC

0.76 (85/112)

0.78 (69/89)

1115

621

169

325

Total

0.76 (266/347)

0.77 (219/282)

3145

1369

639

1137

Culicoides

C

0.78 (96/123)

0.81 (83/103)

4803

117

620

4066

PI

0.71 (80/110)

0.77 (69/88)

2986

78

290

2618

DC

0.77 (86/112)

0.81 (72/89)

3675

162

486

3027

Total

0.75 (262/347)

0.79 (224/282)

11,464

357

1396

9711

  1. Abbreviations: C, control-arm; PI, pheromone + lamda-cyhalothrin insecticide-arm; DC, deltamethrin dog-collar-arm