Table 1 Number of mosquitoes caught from different sites by two methods and crude estimates of sensitivity of mosquito electrocuting trap (MET) relative to human landing catch (HLC)
Collection sites | Catch per method | Total catch | Relative sensitivity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MET | HLC | |||
Anopheles gambiae s.l. | ||||
 Kigogo Mkwajuni (urban) | 102 | 129 | 231 | 0.78 |
 Bughudad (semi-urban) | 492 | 236 | 728 | 2.08 |
 Pemba Mnazi (rural) | 127 | 98 | 225 | 1.30 |
 Overall catch | 721 | 463 | 1184 | 1.56 |
Anopheles funestus | ||||
 Kigogo Mkwajuni (urban) | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA |
 Bughudad (semi-urban) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
 Pemba Mnazi (rural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA |
 Overall catch | 2 | 1 | 3 | NA |
Anopheles tenebrosus | ||||
 Kigogo Mkwajuni (urban) | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1.67 |
 Bughudad (semi-urban) | 47 | 64 | 111 | 0.73 |
 Pemba Mnazi (rural) | 24 | 43 | 67 | 0.58 |
 Overall catch | 76 | 110 | 186 | 0.69 |
Culex spp. | ||||
 Kigogo Mkwajuni (urban) | 10,172 | 10,986 | 21,156 | 0.93 |
 Bughudad (semi-urban) | 10,418 | 11,327 | 21,745 | 0.92 |
 Pemba Mnazi (rural) | 8338 | 8573 | 16,911 | 0.97 |
 Overall catch | 28,928 | 30,886 | 59,814 | 0.94 |
Mansonia sp. | ||||
 Kigogo Mkwajuni (urban) | 36 | 28 | 64 | 1.29 |
 Bughudad (semi-urban) | 315 | 558 | 873 | 0.56 |
 Pemba Mnazi (rural) | 32 | 26 | 58 | 1.23 |
 Overall catch | 384 | 612 | 995 | 0.63 |
Aedes aegypti | ||||
 Kigogo Mkwajuni (urban) | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA |
 Bughudad (semi-urban) | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA |
 Pemba Mnazi (rural) | 20 | 0 | 0 | NA |
 Overall catch | 20 | 0 | 0 | NA |