Table 1 Efficiency of trapping released female Anopheles mosquitoes using choice tests with CDC and SB light traps in semi-field systems
Choice experiment | Reference trap | Test trap | Mean proportion (95% CI) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Comparing proportion of Anopheles trapped with both traps out of all released | |||||
 Equal choice | CDC-iLT | CDC-iLT | 0.54 (0.52–0.56) | 1 |  |
 Test 1 | CDC-iLT | SB-White | 0.42 (0.40–0.44) | 0.62 (0.56–0.69) | 0.002 |
 Test 2 | CDC-iLT | SB-UV | 0.56 (0.54–0.58) | 1.08 (0.97–1.20) | 0.156 |
Comparing proportion of Anopheles trapped in test trap out of all trapped | |||||
 Equal choice | CDC-iLT | CDC-iLT | 0.49 (0.46–0.51) | 1 |  |
 Test 1 | CDC-iLT | SB-White | 0.35 (0.32–0.38) | 0.56 (0.48–0.66) | 0.008 |
 Test 2 | CDC-iLT | SB-UV | 0.75 (0.73–0.77) | 3.20 (2.75–3.74) | 0.001 |