Table 1 Mean density of people, bed nets and domesticated animals per house within the three study sites

Houses per site

70

60

63

193

Houses sampled 1

53 (75.7)

49 (81.7)

51 (81.0)

153 (79.3)

Persons

3.68 (3.18–4.18)^a

4.16 (3.53–4.80)^a

3.31 (2.86–3.77)^a

3.71 (3.41–4.02)

Bed nets

2.13 (1.80–2.46)^a

1.67 (1.27–2.08)^a,b

1.43 (1.14–1.72)^b

1.75 (1.55–1.95)

Houses sampled 2

23 (32.9)

70 (116.7)

59 (93.7)

152 (78.8)

Cats

0.22 (0.04–0.40)^a

0.16 (0.07–0.24)^a

0.14 (0.05–0.23)^a

0.16 (0.10–0.22)

Chickens

2.09 (0.55–3.62)^a

2.81 (1.59–4.04)^a

4.81 (2.80–6.82)^a

3.48 (2.49–4.47)

Cows

1.09 (0.31–1.87)^a

0.73 (0.44–1.02)^a

1.37 (0.88–1.87)^a

1.03 (0.77–1.29)

Dogs

0.17 (−0.19–0.53)^a

0.04 (−0.02–0.11)^a

0.19 (0.02–0.35)^a

0.12 (0.03–0.20)

Goats

0.43 (−0.13–1.00)^a

0.23 (0.05–0.41)^a

0.32 (0.09–0.56)^a

0.30 (0.15–0.44)

Sheep

0

0.13 (−0.01–0.27)^a

0.05 (−0.05–0.15)^a

0.08 (0.00–0.15)