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Table 4 Comparison of nightly outdoor biting per person between houses with or without transfluthrin-treated chairs or ribbons (wet season)

From: Creating mosquito-free outdoor spaces using transfluthrin-treated chairs and ribbons

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Species

Treatment

Nights

n

Adjusted-mean (95% CI)

RR (95% CI)

PP (95% CI)

P-value

Outdoor peri-domestic space

Anopheles arabiensis

Control

32

1116

5.71 (4.89–6.67)

1

0

 

One TF-chair

32

308

1.42 (1.17–1.72)

0.25 (0.20–0.31)

0.75 (0.69–0.79)

< 0.001

Two TF-chairs

32

189

0.86 (0.69–1.07)

0.15 (0.12–0.18)

0.85 (0.81–0.88)

< 0.001

TF-treated ribbon

32

273

1.32 (1.08–1.60)

0.23 (0.18–0.28)

0.77 (0.71–0.81)

< 0.001

Culex spp.

Control

32

4142

21.78 (18.11–26.18)

1

0

 

One TF-chair

32

2598

13.17 (10.93–15.86)

0.60 (0.53–0.68)

0.40 (0.31–0.47)

< 0.001

Two TF-chairs

32

2216

10.68 (8.85–12.87)

0.49 (0.43–0.56)

0.51 (0.44–0.57)

< 0.001

TF-treated ribbon

32

2794

13.93 (11.56–16.78)

0.64 (0.56–0.72)

0.36 (0.27–0.44)

< 0.001

Inside outdoor kitchen enclosure

Anopheles arabiensis

Control

32

68

Low catches

   

TF-sisal ribbon

32

24

Low catches

   

Culex spp.

Control

32

302

0.49 (0.31–0.78)

1

0

 

TF-sisal ribbon

32

172

0.26 (0.15–0.43)

0.52 (0.32–0.86)

0.48 (0.13–0.67)

0.011

  1. n total number of mosquito collected, CI confidence interval, PP percentage protection, RR relative rate, TF transfluthrin, 1 and 0 references