Skip to main content
Figure 5 | Malaria Journal

Figure 5

From: Clustering of host-seeking activity of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes at the top surface of a human-baited bed net

Figure 5

Results of human-baited rectangular sticky-net from 14 laboratory experiments with seven human volunteers. A. Mean (± SE) number of mosquitoes caught on each surface of the rectangular sticky-net in laboratory trials for human-baited and unbaited controls. Significantly more mosquitoes were caught on the top of the net than on the sides (after adjusting for area) in human-baited tests only (χ2 =192.7, p < 0.001). In unbaited nets, significantly more mosquitoes were caught on the sides than on the top (χ2 = 9.6; p = 0.047). B. Density distribution of caught mosquitoes each 15 sq cm square on the top surface of the net for all 14 experiments. Data are arranged such that in all experiments, the head end is labelled row 0, and the mosquito release side is labelled column 1. The white rectangle shows the 60 × 90 cm area (30% of the total top surface) within which 70% of all mosquitoes on the top surface were caught.

Back to article page