A new tent trap for sampling exophagic and endophagic members of the Anopheles gambiae complex

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Number of Anopheles mosquitoes caught by different techniques relative to human landing catch

Collection methods		Trap nights	Total catch	Mean catch	Relative sensitivity
*Anopheles gambiae* s.l.
Furvela
	Experiment 1	18	1306	72.6	NA
Ifakara A
	Experiment 1	18	483	26.8	NA
	Experiment 2	18	429	23.8	0.28
Ifakara B
	Experiment 1	18	1099	61.1	NA
	Experiment 2	18	1007	55.9	0.65
	Experiment 3	164	442	2.7	0.32
Light trap
	Experiment 1	54	3736	69.2	NA
	Experiment 2	36	4008	111.3	1.30
HLC
	Experiment 2	36	3081	85.6	NA
	Experiment 3	164	1398	8.5	NA
*Anopheles funestus*
Furvela
	Experiment 1	18	2	0.11	NA
Ifakara A
	Experiment 1	18	2	0.11	NA
	Experiment 2	18	2	0.11	0.28
Ifakara B
	Experiment 1	18	3	0.16	NA
	Experiment 2	18	4	0.22	0.55
	Experiment 3	164	13	0.07	1.40
Light trap
	Experiment 1	54	21	0.38	NA
	Experiment 2	36	24	0.68	1.70
HLC
	Experiment 2	36	14	0.40	NA
	Experiment 3	164	8	0.05	NA

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