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Table 1 Anopheline indoor and outdoor biting rate during the night according the season. Each value represents the number of bites per person per night, indoor or outdoor

From: Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus biting patterns in Dielmo, an area of low level exposure to malaria vectors

 

Night

Dry season

Rainy season

An.arabiensis

An.funestus

An.coluzzii

An. gambiae

An.arabiensis

An.funestus

An.coluzzii

An. gambiae

Indoor

0.40 (p = 0.54)

0.34 (p = 0.14)

0.11 (p = 0.57)

0.01 (p = 0.99)

1.02 (p = 0.57)

0.61 (p = 0.28)

0.06 (p = 0.64)

0.09 (p = 0.68)

Outdoor

0.65

1.08

0.04

0

1.54

1.38

0.13

0.16

  1. Each value represents the number of bites per person per night, indoor or outdoor. No significant feeding behaviour according the place of biting was observed for both vector during the dry and the rainy season
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Malaria Journal

ISSN: 1475-2875

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