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Table 4 Statistical comparison of the monthly mean densities per trap of adult mosquitoes collected using the pyrethrum spray catches, window exit traps, Anopheles gambiae resting pots and sticky resting boxes

From: Malaria vectors and their blood-meal sources in an area of high bed net ownership in the western Kenya highlands

Mosquito type

Collection method

Odds ratio (95 % CI)

P

An. gambiae s.l.

SRB

0.026 (0.018–0.038)

<0.001

AgREPOT

0.004 (0.002–0.008)

<0.001

WET

0.486 (0.369–0.638)

<0.001

PSC

1.000

 

An. funestus s.l.

SRB

0.179 (0.061–0.523)

0.002

AgREPOT

0.143 (0.051–0.397)

<0.001

WET

0.798 (0.550–1.156)

0.233

PSC

1.000

 

Culex spp.

SRB

0.640 (0.478–0.857)

0.003

AgREPOT

0.156 (0.104–0.232)

<0.001

WET

0.639 (0.530–0.771)

<0.001

PSC

1.000

 
  1. PSC pyrethrum spray catches; WET window exit traps; AgREPOTs Anopheles gambiae resting pots; SRB sticky resting boxes