Table 3 Mean number of mosquitoes of different taxa, collected inside the Swai huts, Shamba house replicas or the real Shamba houses during the field experiments in the four villages
House type | A. gambiae Mean [LCI–UCI] | A. funestus Mean [LCI–UCI] | Culex species Mean [LCI–UCI] | Mansonia species Mean [LCI–UCI] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Field tests against Shamba hut replicas | ||||
 Swai hut protoype (N = 16) | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] |
 Shamba house replicas (N = 16) | 30.2 [18.2–42.2] | 2.9 [1.9–3.9] | 11.8 [5.8–17.8] | 59.8 [36.8–87.8] |
Field tests against actual Shamba huts | ||||
 Swai hut prototype (N = 30) | 0.3 [0.1–0.7] | 0.4 [0.0–0.8] | 0.1 [0.0–0.2] | 0.1 [0–0.3] |
 Shamba houses (N = 90) | 3.2 [2–4.5] | 7.2 [5.3–9.1] | 1.6 [1.0–2.1] | 0.3 [0.0–0.6] |