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Table 2 Number of mosquitoes of different species collected indoors and outdoors by the different trapping methods in both sentinel and random stations across the study area

From: Dramatic decreases of malaria transmission intensities in Ifakara, south-eastern Tanzania since early 2000s

Trapping method

No. trap nights

No. houses

Mosquito species

No. mosquitoes indoors (%)

No. mosquitoes outdoors (%)

Total

Human landing catches

1200

10

Anopheles arabiensis

1807 (36.2%)

3187 (63.8%)

4994

Anopheles funestus

94 (46.3%)

109 (53.7%)

203

Other Anopheles species

32 (9.5%)

305 (90.5%)

337

Mansonia spp.

461 (30.6%)

1048 (69.4%)

1509

Culex spp.

68,582 (54.3%)

57,716 (45.7%)

126,298

CDC-light traps

1192

100

Anopheles arabiensis

1736 (100%)

NA

1736

Anopheles funestus

158 (100%)

NA

158

Other Anopheles species

27 (100%)

NA

27

Mansonia spp.

832 (100%)

NA

832

Culex spp.

51,958 (100%)

NA

51,958

Suna® traps

1180

100

Anopheles arabiensis

NA

1065 (100%)

1065

Anopheles funestus

NA

39 (100%)

39

Other Anopheles species

NA

54 (100%)

54

Mansonia spp.

NA

1551 (100%)

1551

Culex spp.

NA

73,251 (100%)

73,251