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Table 9 Efficiency of the house aspiration methods as a function of house type

From: Eave and swarm collections prove effective for biased captures of male Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes in Uganda

House type

Interior aspiration (ASP)

Eave aspiration (EAV)

Male

Female

Male

Female

Brick/iron sheet

4.6 ± 17.1

37.5 ± 86.7

1.0 ± 2.0

16.0 ± 17.3

Mud/grass thatch

12.0 ± 14.7

15.5 ± 23.9

46.2 ± 87.9

21.0 ± 24.7

Mud/iron sheet

4.9 ± 7.9

37.8 ± 48.8

5.3 ± 9.4

14.7 ± 21.3

  1. Efficiency values are presented as the mean total (± standard deviation) number of mosquitoes per man hour