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Table 1 Distribution of water bodies according to type

From: Digitally managed larviciding as a cost-effective intervention for urban malaria: operational lessons from a pilot in São Tomé and Príncipe guided by the Zzapp system

Water body type

Number of water bodies

Baseline (prior to treatment)

Treated water bodies

Number of samples

Pupa positive samples

Positivity rate (%)

95% CI Wilson (%)

Number of samples

Pupa positive samples

Positivity rate

95% CI Wilson (%)

Puddle

4412 (35%)

215

14

6.51

5.11–8.26%

4695

67

1.43

1.27–1.60%

Channel

2920 (23%)

324

26

8.02

6.73–9.54%

3834

41

1.07

0.93–1.24%

Swamp

2041 (16%)

121

6

4.96

3.42–7.14%

2687

32

1.19

1.01–1.40%

Construction

906 (7%)

75

21

28.00

23.45–33.05%

1250

22

1.76

1.45% -2.14%

Pond

626 (5%)

49

4

8.16

5.21– 12.57%

934

2

0.21

0.11–0.41%

Tracks

574 (4%)

24

2

8.33

4.43–15.14%

677

7

1.03

0.73–1.46%

Agriculture

411 (3%)

11

3

27.27

16.79–41.07%

299

6

2.01

1.38–2.91%

Fringe

389 (3%)

38

4

10.53

6.74–16.07%

484

3

0.62

0.36–1.05%

Others

509 (4%)

8

0

0.00

0.00–9.76%

588

8

1.36

0.98–1.88%

Total

12,788

(100%)

865

80

9.25

8.37–10.21%

15,448

188

1.22

1.14–1.30%