Table 1 Mean nightly recaptures of malaria mosquitoes in huts with and without intervention
From: Eave ribbons treated with transfluthrin can protect both users and non-users against malaria vectors
Intervention | Mean nightly recaptures in huts with intervention/users (data from intervention huts combined) | Mean nightly recaptures in huts without intervention/non-users (data from sentinel hut only) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total no. test nights | Indoors | Outdoors | Total No. test nights | Indoors | Outdoors | |||||
Mean recaptures ± 2SE (∑) | % Reduction (p values) | Mean recaptures ± 2SE (∑) | % Reduction (p values) | Mean recaptures ± 2SE (∑) | % Reduction (p values) | Mean recaptures ± 2SE (∑) | % Reduction (p values) | |||
Control (all huts have only bed nets) | 100 | 31.2 ± 2.2 (3118) | – | 92.2 ± 3.7 (9222) | – | 25 | 34.3 ± 5.3 (857) | – | 91.6 ± 8.2 (2291) | – |
Traps only (all huts except sentinel have Mosclean traps beside the bed nets) | 40 | 43.3 ± 1.9 (1717) | − 38.1 (p < 0.001) | 69.1 ± 3.9 (2765) | 25 (p < 0.001) | 10 | 52.2 ± 2.9 (522) | − 52.3 (p < 0.001) | 82.8 ± 2.3 (828) | 9.6 (p > 0.05) |
Spatial repellents only (all huts except sentinel have transfluthrin-treated eave ribbons) | 40 | 5.4 ± 1.4 (221) | 82.6 (p < 0.001) | 35.2 ± 3 (1409) | 61.8 (p < 0.001) | 10 | 14.6 ± 3.4 (146) | 57.4 (p < 0.001) | 48 ± 10.6 (480) | 47.6 (p < 0.001) |
Push–pull mosaic (all huts except sentinel are fitted with either Mosclean trap or transfluthrin-treated eave ribbon) | 40 (in huts with ribbons) | 5.7 ± 2.5 (239) | 81.9 (p < 0.001) | 42.2 ± 3.7 (1688) | 54.3 (p < 0.001) | 20 | 31.1 ± 4.5 (622) | 9.3 (p > 0.05) | 59.1 ± 6.1 (1182) | 35.5 (p < 0.001) |
40 (in huts with traps) | 22.6 ± 2.6 (889) | 27.8 (p < 0.001) | 51.0 ± 3.8 (2040) | 44.7 (p < 0.001) | ||||||
Push–pull (all huts except sentinel are fitted with both traps and transfluthrin-treated eave ribbons) | 40 | 6.5 ± 1.9 (275) | 79.1 (p < 0.001) | 46 ± 2.6 (1836) | 50.2 (p < 0.001) | 10 | 38.3 ± 2.4 (383) | − 11.7 (p > 0.05) | 68.7 ± 3.1 (687) | 25 (p < 0.001) |