Table 2

Mean nightly man biting rate, with 95% confidence intervals, from human landing collections and pyrethrum knockdown collections for urban communities with and without agriculture.


Human landing catch
Pyrethrum knockdown collection


A. gambiae
Culex
A. gambiae
Culex

Urban Agriculture
8.1 (5.1–13.0)
161.8 (132.1–198.1)
0.43 (0.4–0.5)
1.1 (0.9–1.3)
Urban
2.8 (1.8–4.3)
41.0 (27.8–60.4)
0.37 (0.3–0.4)
0.7 (0.6–0.8)
All communities
4.7 (3.3–6.7)
81.4 (60.8–109.1)
0.40 (0.34–0.42)
0.9 (0.8–1.0)

Data were analysed based upon a log10(n+1) transformation.

Klinkenberg et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:151   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-151

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