Large-scale field trial of attractive toxic sugar baits (ATSB) for the control of malaria vector mosquitoes in Mali, West Africa

Table 8 Monthly comparison of the mean number of sporozoite infected female An. gambiae s.l. at the ATSB treated sites versus the control sites

Month	ATSB sites	Month	Control sites	Diff.	95% CI UL	95% CI LL	% reduct	P value
ATSB (N)	Mean ± SE	Control (N)	Mean ± SE	Diff.	95% CI UL	95% CI LL	% reduct	P value
Apr N = 120	0.00 ± 0.00	Apr N = 120	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
May N = 120	0.00 ± 0.00	May N = 120	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Jun N = 220	0.00 ± 0.00	Jun N = 220	0.14 ± 0.49	0.54	3.35	− 2.28	100.00	0.9996
Jul N = 600	0.00 ± 0.25	Jul N = 600	1.14 ± 1.16	2.54	5.35	− 0.28	100.00	0.1035
Aug N = 600	0.43 ± 0.11	Aug N = 600	2.86 ± 0.85	4.86	7.67	2.05	84.97	< 0.0001
Sept N = 600	0.43 ± 0.24	Sept N = 600	3.86 ± 1.28	6.11	8.92	3.30	88.86	< 0.0001
Oct N = 600	0.14 ± 0.04	Oct N = 600	3.29 ± 1.57	5.29	8.10	2.48	95.74	< 0.0001
Nov N = 360	0.00 ± 0.00	Nov N = 360	0.14 ± 1.24	2.54	5.35	− 0.28	100.00	0.1035
Dec N = 120	0.00 ± 0.00	Dec N = 120	0.00 ± 0.71	1.00	3.81	− 1.81	N/A	0.9646

N/A Not applicable, no reduction, Diff. difference between treatment and control means
Horizontal line—ATSB treatment
N = Total number tested from CDC, malaise, PSC and HLC catches

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