Table 2 Comparison of mean numbers of Anopheles mosquitoes caught by UV-LT, CDC-LT and aspiration to HLC

An. funestus

Indoors

CDC-LT^a

1.74 (1.02–2.45)

1.89 (1.07–3.34)

0.028

UV-LT^b

3.70 (2.59–4.82)

3.97 (2.28–6.92)

 < 0.001

Aspiration^c

6.74 (4.69–8.78)

8.83 (4.72–16.52)

 < 0.001

HLC^d (Ref)

0.97 (0.61–1.39)

Ref

Ref

Outdoors

CDC-LT^a

1.00 (0.74–1.40)

3.09 (1.62–5.90)

 < 0.001

UV-LT^b

1.69 (1.06–2.32)

5.18 (2.68–10.00)

 < 0.001

Aspiration^c

0.06 (0.01–0.12)

0.21 (0.07–0.67)

0.008

HLC^d (Ref)

0.37 (0.15–0.60)

Ref

Ref

An. arabiensis

Indoors

CDC_LT^a

0.18 (0.06–0.29)

5.75 (1.20–27.48)

0.028

UV-LT^a

0.18 (0.07–0.30)

5.87 (1.22–28.34)

0.028

Aspiration^ab

0.10 (0.03–0.17)

3.38 (0.64–17.90)

0.152

HLC^b (Ref)

0.03 (0–0.08)

Ref

Ref

Outdoors

CDC-LT^ab

0.15 (0.05–0.26)

10.81 (1.34–87.35)

0.026

UV-LT^b

0.22 (0.11–0.33)

15.64 (1.97–124.36)

0.009

Aspiration^ac

0.05 (0–0.11)

3.59 (0.38–34.28)

0.267

HLC^c (Ref)

0.01 (0–0.04)

Ref

Ref

An. coustani

Indoors

CDC-LT^a

0.29 (0–0.64)

2.01 (0.50–8.03)

0.325

UV-LT^a

0.08 (0.02–0.15)

0.89 (0.18–4.47)

0.887

Aspiration

0

–

–

HLC^a (Ref)

0.08 (0–0.18)

Ref

Ref

Outdoors

CDC-LT^a

2.14 (0.46–3.82)

11.22 (4.95–25.43)

 < 0.001

UV-LT^a

3.74 (1.28–6.20)

11.65 (5.18–26.20)

 < 0.001

Aspiration^b

0.23 (0.05–0.41)

1.25 (0.30–5.17)

0.755

HLC^b (Ref)

0.29 (0–0.58)

Ref

Ref