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Table 1 Mosquito diversity (S) in collections from damaged bed nets: non-insecticidal (control) nets versus PET-75D and PE-150D LLINs

From: Evidence of man-vector contact in torn long-lasting insecticide-treated nets

Species

Non-insecticidal nets

PET-75D

PE-150D

ni

pi

(pi) ln (pi)

ni

pi

(ni) ln (ni/N)

ni

pi

(ni) ln (ni/N)

Anopheles gambiae

553

0.66

−0.27

234

0.62

−0.30

289

0.87

−0.12

Anopheles pharoensis

36

0.04

−0.14

38

0.10

−0.23

12

0.04

−0.12

Anopheles ziemanni

31

0.04

−0.12

10

0.03

−0.10

4

0.01

−0.05

Aedes aegypti

1

0.00

−0.01

0

0

NA

0

0

NA

Culex. quinquefasciatus

72

0.09

−0.21

30

0.08

−0.20

12

0.04

−0.12

Culex gr decens

14

0.02

−0.07

18

0.05

−0.15

1

0.00

−0.02

Culex nebulosus

1

0.00

−0.01

3

0.01

−0.04

0

0

NA

Culex annulioris

2

0.00

−0.01

0

0

NA

0

0

NA

Coquillettidia Cristata

1

0.00

−0.01

0

0

NA

0

0

NA

Mansonia africana

123

0.15

−0.28

44

0.12

−0.25

15

0.05

−0.14

Richness (S)

10

7

6

Shannon-wiener index (H) with 95% CI

1.13[0.99-1.14]

1.25[1.14-1.34]

0.57[0.44-0.67]

T scores

NA

−1.87

−7.70

P-values

NA

0.06

0.000

  1. N total number of individuals, ni number of individuals found in the ith species, pi proportion of individuals found in the ith species, ln the natural (Naperian) logarithms, NA Not Applicable.