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Table 2 Total and mean marginal number (Estimated by GEE model) of Anopheles funestus collected by level of intervention and type of shade cloth; and the efficacy, expressed in terms of incidence rate ratio (IRR) of mosquito entry in treated houses compared to untreated houses, of the materials against the entry of Anopheles funestus into houses in Furvela village

From: Netting barriers to prevent mosquito entry into houses in southern Mozambique: a pilot study

Factors

Number collected

Mean (95% Wald CI)

IRR (95% Wald CI)

P value

No intervention

3874

28.9 (24.9 – 33.5)

1

 

Gables

2873

21.9 (19.4 – 24.9)

0.75 (0.62 – 0,91)

0.004

Gable and Eaves

2901

23.4 (19.8 – 27.6)

0.8 (0.64 – 1.01)

0.056

No shadecloth

3372

43.4 (38.0 – 49.6)

1

 

Zero vector

3476

39.6 (34.0 – 46.0)

0.92 (0.76 – 1.12)

0.40

Maxixe cloth

1220

13.0 (10.7 – 15.7)

0.3 (0.25 – 0.37)

<0.001

Bed net

1580

16.3 (14.4 – 18.4)

0.39 (0.32 – 0.46)

<0.001