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Table 1 Summary of outcomes of recording sessions 1-3

From: Video studies of passage by Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes through holes in a simulated bed net: effects of hole size, hole orientation and net environment

a) Vertical orientation (beside experimenter)

Small arena (85 mm dia.)

Large arena (170 mm dia.)

 
  

Hole diameter

Hole diameter

 

Recording session

# mosquitoes

9 mm

13 mm

9 mm

13 mm

Total

1

Tested

42

29

40

31

142

Showing no activity

5

1

4

3

13

Passing through hole

9

16

5

9

39

2

Tested

-

-

-

-

-

Showing no activity

-

-

-

-

-

Passing through hole

-

-

-

-

-

3

Tested

25

26

30

24

105

Showing no activity

1

5

4

5

15

Passing through hole

10

15

4

11

40

Total

Tested

67

55

70

55

247

Showing no activity

6

6

8

8

28

Passing through hole

19

31

9

20

79

b) Horizontal orientation (above experimenter)

Small arena (85 mm dia.)

Large arena (170 mm dia.)

 
  

Hole diameter

Hole diameter

 

Recording session

# mosquitoes

9 mm

13 mm

9 mm

13 mm

Total

1

Tested

-

-

-

-

-

Showing no activity

-

-

-

-

-

Passing through hole

-

-

-

-

-

2

Tested

11

9

17

12

49

Showing no activity

0

0

0

0

0

Passing through hole

7

7

8

11

33

3

Tested

21

28

28

26

103

Showing no activity

0

0

0

1

1

Passing through hole

13

23

12

8

56

Total

Tested

33

37

45

38

153

Showing no activity

0

0

0

1

1

Passing through hole

20

30

20

19

89

  1. See text for a description of each session. a) Vertically oriented arenas (arenas located beside the experimenter) and b) horizontally oriented arenas (arenas located above the experimenter). Dashes in a cell indicate no recordings were made for that combination in that session
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Malaria Journal

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