Fig. 2
Variation in estimated bites from Anopheles gambiae s.l. mosquitoes per person per night in two villages in Burkina Faso. a The summary data (mean bites per person per night) explored using the generalized linear model with gender, month and age cohort as explanatory variables and individual as a random effect (data are provided in Additional file 2). Males (open triangles) are predicted to receive the highest number of bites in October (dark red) and July (orange), both representing individuals from Toma. Fewer bites per person per night are predicted for Niakore (blues) although, more bites are received in May (dark blue) than November (light blue). b–d The model predictions (points show median model estimate, with line segments, 95% Credible Intervals) overlaid onto the data (boxplots show median, central line; 50-percentiles, edge of box; and 95-percentiles, edge of segments, with jittered points marking individual data). Blue dots represent the observed data for Niakore and red dots those for Toma. b The interaction between sex and month is shown in the model predictions (offset points and segments for females, left of center, and males, right of center). Data are loge transformed