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Table 1 Probability of a mosquito female being trapped in field tests

From: Discovery of an oviposition attractant for gravid malaria vectors of the Anopheles gambiae species complex

 

Rate ratio (95% confidence interval)

Anopheles arabiensis

Anopheles funestus s.s.

Anopheles coustani

Aedes sp.

Culex sp.

Treatment

Control

1

1

1

1

1

Test

3.3 (1.4-7.9)

2.6 (0.97-6.96)

0.5 (0.3-0.8)

0.4 (0.3-0.6)

0.8 (0.7-0.9)

Trap

BG

1

1

1

1

1

OviART

5.2 (0.9-30.9)

6.3 (1.6-25.4)

-a

-a

1.1 (0.5-2.3)

E-nets

10.0 (5.6-18.0)

12.4 (2.9-52.5)

12.9 (5.0-32.6)

3.5 (1.3-9.1)

8.7 (5.0-15.1)

  1. aNo mosquitoes trapped; factor excluded from model. Treatment: control = lake water, test = lake water with 5 ppm cedrol. Traps: E-nets = squares of electrocuting nets [22], OviART = OviART gravid traps [20], BG = modified BG-Sentinel mosquito traps [19].
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Malaria Journal

ISSN: 1475-2875

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