Table 4 Differences in the mean number of indoor biting Anopheles arabiensis status (feeding, blood meal source and Plasmodium infection) with respect to selected housing conditions in three villages of central Ethiopia, July 2008-June 2010

Fresh fed

Mean

2.49

0.89

2.58

0.84

0.55

p

0.005

0.001

Half gravid

Mean

0.87

0.40

0.89

0.29

0.27

p

0.053

0.013

Gravid

Mean

0.68

0.38

0.72

0.25

0.18

p

0.196

0.051

Unfed

Mean

0.74

0.29

0.75

0.29

0.27

p

0.032

0.034

Bovine fed

Mean

1.34

0.44

1.31

0.56

0.14

p

0.018

0.039

Human fed

Mean

1.15

0.61

1.07

0.72

0.57

p

0.036

0.234

Human and bovine fed

Mean

0.46

0.08

0.46

0.21

0

p

0.008

0.065

P. vivax positive

Mean

0.09

0.03

0.09

0.03

0

p

0.299

0.512

P. falciparum positive

Mean

0.01

0

0.01

0

0

p

0.346

0.847