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Table 3 Total and mean marginal number (Estimated by GEE model) of Anopheles gambiae s.l. 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 material against the entry of Anopheles gambiae 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

1064

6.52 (4.88 – 8.72)

1

 

Gables

386

1.64 (1.23 – 2.18)

0.17 (0.11 – 0.27)

<0.001

Gable and Eaves

220

1.12 (0.77 – 1.63)

0.25 (0.17 – 0.37)

<0.001

No shadecloth

595

6.88 (4.98 – 9.51)

1

 

Zero vector

397

1.66 (1.18 – 2.34)

0.24 (0.15 – 0.38)

<0.001

Maxixe cloth

458

2.13 (1.48 – 3.08)

0.31 (0.19 – 0.50)

<0.001

Bed net

220

1.12 (0.75 – 1.67)

0.16 (0.10 – 0.25)

<0.001