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Table 1 Total and unadjusted mean catches of malaria vectors and other mosquito species by community-based and quality assured sampling schemes

From: A cost-effective, community-based, mosquito-trapping scheme that captures spatial and temporal heterogeneities of malaria transmission in rural Zambia

 

Quality assurance

Community-based

Trapping method:

HLC indoor

HLC outdoor

LT

ITT

LT

ITT

Person trap-nights

20

20

20

20

3171

2195

Number of houses sampled

20

20

20

20

505

432

Mean trap-nights per surveyed house

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

6.3

5.1

Mean trap-nights per cluster

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

226.6

156.8

Total catch of female mosquitoes

      

Anopheles funestus

174

149

66

46

5,827

865

Anopheles quadriannulatus

10

2

0

0

613

60

Other anophelines

9

26

0

0

591

35

Culex species

426

394

94

82

9,548

1,666

Mean catch of female mosquitoes

      

Anopheles funestus

8.7

7.5

3.3

2.3

1.8

0.4

Anopheles quadriannulatus

0.5

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other anophelines

0.5

1.3

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

Culex species

21.3

19.7

4.7

4.1

3.0

0.8