Table 4 Deterrence, exophily, blood feeding and mortality in the 7 treatment groups

Deterrency and exophily

 No. females caught

170

91

112

177

148

185

164

  Deterrency (%)

–

46.5

34.1

−4.1

12.9

−8.8

3.5

 Room

11

5

9

22

19

22

17

 Verandah + window

152

86

101

149

125

163

143

 Net

7

0

2

6

4

0

4

  Inside net (%)

4.1

0.0

1.8

3.4

2.7

0.0

2.4

  Exophily (%)

89.4

94.5

90.2

84.2

84.5

88.1

87.2

  95% CI

84.8–94.0

89.8–99.2

84.7–95.7

78.8–89.6

78.6–90.3

83.4–92.8

82.1–92.3

  P

0.17

0.84

0.15

0.19

0.70

0.53

  Induced exophily (%)

–

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

Blood feeding

 Blood fed

52

16

22

55

39

42

53

  Blood fed (%)

30.6^a

17.6^b

19.6^ab

31.1^a

26.4^a

22.7^ab

32.3^a

  95% CI

23.7–37.5

9.8–25.4

12.3–27.0

24.3–37.9

19.3–33.5

16.7–28.7

25.2–39.5

  P

0.02

0.04

0.92

0.40

0.1

0.7

  Blood feed inhibition (%)

–

42.5

35.8

NS

NS

NS

NS

Mortality

 Overall mortality

2

24

27

51

24

32

26

  Overall mortality (%)

1.2^a

26.4 ^cd

24.1 ^cd

28.8^d

16.2^bc

17.3^bc

15.9^b

  95% CI

0–2.8

17.3–35.4

16.2–32.0

22.1–35.5

10.3–22.2

11.9–22.8

10.3–21.4

  P

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

  Corrected for control (%)

–

25.50

23.20

27.97

15.22

16.3

14.9

  95% CI

–

16.5–34.5

15.4–31.0

21.4–34.6

9.4–21.0

11.0–21.6

9.4–20.3

 Mortality of unfeds

2

21

23

43

20

26

21

  Ratio of dead/total dead (%)

100.0

87.5

85.2

84.3

83.3

81.3

80.8

  Unfed dead/total (%)

1.2

23.1

20.5

24.3

13.5

14.1

12.8

  P

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.0

0.00

0.00

  Corrected for control (%)

–

22.2

19.59

23.4

12.5

13.0

11.8

 Immediate mortality

0

9

8

18

7

11

11

  Ratio imm/total mortality (%)

0.0

37.5

29.6

35.3

29.2

34.4

42.3

  Imm mortality/total (%)

0.0

9.9

7.1

10.2

4.7

5.9

6.7

  P

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.0

0.0

0.0

  Corrected for control (%)

–

9.9

7.1

10.2

4.7

6.0

6.7