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Table 3 Number of An. gambiae and An. coluzzii collected indoors and outdoors by HLC

From: Blood feeding behaviour comparison and contribution of Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles gambiae, two sibling species living in sympatry, to malaria transmission in Alibori and Donga region, northern Benin, West Africa

 

Seasons

Species

Indoors

Outdoors

p-value

Alibori

Dry season

An. gambiae (N)

7

7

An. coluzzii (N)

59

74

Rainy season

An. gambiae (N)

212

164

An. coluzzii (N)

256

176

Donga

Dry season

An. gambiae (N)

60

51

An. coluzzii (N)

157

93

Rainy season

An. gambiae (N)

472

329

An. coluzzii (N)

103

196

Both regions

Dry season

An. gambiae [% (N/T)]

53.6% (67/125)

46.4% (58/125)

0.25

An. coluzzii [% (N/T)]

56.4% (216/383)

43.60% (167/383)

0.0004

Rainy season

An. gambiae [% (N/T)]

58.11% (684/1177)

41.88% (493/1177)

< 0.001

An. coluzzii [% (N/T)]

49.11% (359/731)

50.88% (372/731)

0.5

Both regions

Both seasons

An. gambiae [% (N/T)]

57.7% (751/1302)

42.3% (551/1302)

< 0.001

An. coluzzii [% (N/T)]

51.6% (575/1114)

48.4% (539/1114)

0.13

  1. Italic values indicate significance of p value (p<0.05)
  2. N number of species collected in one location (indoors or outdoors), T total number of species collected in both locations (indoors + outdoors)