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Table 3 Comparison between an alternative mosquito electrocuting grid trap (MET) and human landing catch (HLC) methods in estimating three epidemiologically relevant mosquito behaviours of both female Anopheles gambiae complex and Culex spp. as analysed using binomial logistic generalized linear mixed effect model (GLMM)

From: An improved mosquito electrocuting trap that safely reproduces epidemiologically relevant metrics of mosquito human-feeding behaviours as determined by human landing catch

Method

Proportion caught indoors (Pi)

Proportion caught during sleeping hours (Pfl)

Proportion of human exposure occurring indoors (Ï€i)

OR [95 % CI]

P

OR [95 % CI]

P

OR [95 % CI]

P

Anopheles gambiae

 HLC

1a

NA

 

NA

1a

NA

 MET

1.12 [0.84–1.51]

0.43

0.76 [0.56–1.03]

0.07

0.84 [0.51–1.37]

0.48

Culex spp.

 HLC

1a

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 MET

0.99 [0.96–1.03]

0.76

1.02 [0.99–1.06]

0.24

1.02 [0.96–1.07]

0.55

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