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Table 1 Frequencies of behavioural events observed in groups of 20 mosquitoes at vertical and horizontal sticky-nets

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

 

Mean no of visits (V)

Mean no stuck (S)

Mean no of contacts (S + V)

Mean no captured (S-E)

Vertical

84.4 (SD = 31.6)

15.6 (SD = 3.4)

100.0 (SD = 31.7)

13.2 (SD = 2.7)

Horizontal

135.2 (SD = 39.8)

21.2 (SD = 1.5)

156.4 (SD = 39.5)

18.0 (SD = 1.2)

Vertical vs. horizontal Mann–Whitney

p = 0.065

p = 0.0238

p = 0.0556

p = 0.0079

  1. V = total number of visits to the net that did not result in capture; S = total number of mosquitoes that were captured;
  2. E = number of mosquitoes that escaped from the net surface after temporary capture.
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Malaria Journal

ISSN: 1475-2875

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