Table 6 The influence of trapping method and experiment upon the proportion of sampled An. gambiae s.l. which were fully or part blood fed, determined by logistic regression as described in the methods section

Trap type

   Furvela

1.53 (20/1306)

0.24 [0.15, 0.39]

< 0.001

   Ifakara A

10.90(47/429)

1.56 [1.17, 2.10]

< 0.002

   Ifakara B

6.51 (166/2548)

1.00 [0.80, 1.23]

0.998

   Light trap

1.83 (142/7744)

0.32 [0.25, 0.40]

< 0.001

   Human landing catch

8.10 (363/4479)

1.00^a

NA

Experiment

   Experiment 1

3.10 (204/6624)

0.56 [0.43, 0.72]

< 0.001

   Experiment 2

3.74 (319/8525)

0.48 [0.39, 0.58]

< 0.001

   Experiment 3

1.00^a

NA