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Table 1 Competitive testing of two BGS or MM-X traps during 6 trap nights each, 200 An. gambiae s.s. females released per night.

From: Evaluation of two counterflow traps for testing behaviour-mediating compounds for the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae s.s. under semi-field conditions in Tanzania

Expt. A

Day

BGS unbaited

BGS unbaited

MM-X unbaited

MM-X unbaited

 

1

62

43

10

5

 

2

61

45

5

3

 

3

31

33

12

12

 

4

35

34

9

7

 

5

43

11

2

0

 

6

67

26

0

2

 

Position

exp(B) = 0.365, P < 0.001

exp(B) = 1.137, P = 0.786

 

Treatment

exp(B) = 0.784, P = 0.358

exp(B) = 2.907, P = 0.358

Expt. B

Day

BGS foot odour

BGS clean sock

MM-X foot odour

MM-X clean sock

 

1

165

18

92

9

 

2

170

14

61

5

 

3

119

39

60

3

 

4

172

21

55

2

 

5

130

32

70

3

 

6

145

29

41

7

 

Position

exp(B) = 5.387, P < 0.001

exp(B) = 0.568, P = 0.348

 

Treatment

exp(B) = 0.135, P < 0.001

exp(B) = 0.206, P < 0.001

  1. A: Two unbaited traps, B: One trap baited with foot odour (worn nylon sock), one trap with a clean sock.