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Table 2 Mean number of Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes collected inside the Swai huts and the Shamba house replicas during the semi-field experiments

From: Studies on mosquito biting risk among migratory rice farmers in rural south-eastern Tanzania and development of a portable mosquito-proof hut

House type

Mosquitoes caught using CDC light traps

Mosquitoes collected resting on hut walls

Mosquitoes collected on the floor of the huts

Mosquitoes collected inside the bed nets

Mean no. unfed [LCI–UCI]

Mean no. blood-fed [LCI–UCI]

Mean no. unfed [LCI–UCI]

Mean no. blood-fed [LCI–UCI]

Mean no. unfed [LCI–UCI]

Mean No. blood-fed [LCI–UCI]

Mean No. unfed [LCI–UCI]

Mean No. blood-fed [LCI–UCI]

Tests with intact bed nets

 Swai hut

0

[0–0]

0

[0–0]

0

[0–0]

0

[0–0]

0

[0–0]

0

[0–0]

0

[0–0]

0

[0–0]

 Shamba house replica

126.8

[61.8–191.8]

0

[0–0]

21.8

[15.8–27.8]

0

[0–0]

10.9

[5.9–15.9]

0

[0–0]

0

[0–0]

0.4

[0–0.4]

Tests with torn bed nets

 Swai hut

0

[0–0]

0

[0–0]

0

[0–0]

0

[0–0]

0

[0–0]

0

[0–0]

0

[0–0]

0

[0–0]

 Shamba house replica

177.8

[137.8–217.8]

0

[0–0]

34

[24–44]

0.8

[0–0.8]

17.9

[8.9–26.9]

0

[0–0]

0

[0–0]

11.7

[6.7 –16.7]