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Table 2 Comparison of An. funestus, An. gambiae and An. coustani biting rates indoor and outdoor

From: Early morning anopheline mosquito biting, a potential driver of malaria transmission in Busia County, western Kenya

Anopheles species

Sampling location

Mean (95%CI) bites per person per night

RR (95%CI)

P values

An. funestus

Outdoor

0.04 (0.03–0.06)

0.41 (0.25–0.66)

 < 0.01

Indoor

0.10 (0.07–0.13)

Ref.

 

An. gambiae Complex

Outdoor

0.27 (0.22–0.32)

0.82 (0.65–1.03)

0.09

Indoor

0.30 (0.24–0.35)

Ref.

 

An. coustani

Outdoor

0.01 (0.00–0.01)

1.86 (0.54–6.40)

0.33

Indoor

0.01 (0.00–0.01)

Ref.

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