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Table 5 Differences in the mean number of indoor-resting Anopheles arabiensis status (feeding, blood meal source and Plasmodium infection) with respect to three housing conditions in three villages of central Ethiopia, July 2008-June 2010

From: Impact of housing condition on indoor-biting and indoor-resting Anopheles arabiensis density in a highland area, central Ethiopia

Anopheline status

Open eaves

Village

 

Absent

Present

Low

Mid

High

Fresh fed

     

Mean

3.03

9.00

8.76

1.87

1.00

p

0.001

<0.001

Half gravid

     

Mean

0.73

2.40

2.22

0.62

0

p

0.013

0.031

Gravid

     

Mean

0.83

2.71

2.64

0.32

0.25

p

0.017

0.006

Unfed

     

Mean

0.20

0.59

0.56

0.10

0

p

0.324

0.418

Bovine fed

     

Mean

1.39

4.14

3.85

1.12

0

p

0.001

0.001

Human fed

     

Mean

1.32

2.90

3.08

0.64

0.33

p

0.007

<0.001

Human and bovine fed

     

Mean

0.27

1.32

1.19

0.16

0.33

p

0.002

0.004

P. vivax positive

     

Mean

0.02

0.04

0.05

0.03

0

p

0.538

0.864

P. falciparum positive

     

Mean

0

0.02

0.02

0

0

p

0.310

0.743