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Table 2 Indoor density of Anopheles mosquitoes according to collection method and net type

From: Personal protection with PBO-pyrethroid synergist-treated nets after 2 years of household use against pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles in Tanzania

 

Olyset net

Olyset Plus

Light trap

On wall

Inside net

Light trap

On wall

Inside net

Total number of collection events

40

240

239

41

300

300

Mean no. Anophelines per collection (N)

17.5 (699)

3.0 (719)

0.9 (213)

6.4 (264)

1.7 (502)

0

Proportion An. gambiae s.l. (n)

56.7 (396)

54.7 (393)

61.5 (131)

86.7 (255)

98.7 (465)

0

Proportion An. funestus (n)

43.3 (303)

45.3 (326)

38.5 (82)

13.3 (39)

1.3 (6)

0

Total An. gambiae s.l. tested for species

 

175

138

 

126

0

Proportion An. arabiensis (n)

 

1.1% (2)

0.7% (1)

 

41.3% (52)

0

  1. N = total Anopheles collected