Passive Outdoor Host Seeking Device (POHD): Designing and Evaluation against Outdoor Biting Malaria Vectors

Table 3

Attractiveness of designed passive outdoor host seeking device (POHD) against Anopheles arabiensis. The POHD baited with odors augmented with warmth was exposed to these mosquitoes when they are inside (a) air-tight experimental hut and (b) rectangular screened box.

Treatments	Days	Exposed mosquitoes per day	Total mosquito catches	Total dead mosquitoes
(a) Air-tight experimental hut
Warn socks	3	200	437	317
Control	3	200	437	45
Mbita blend	3	200	489	453
Control	3	200	453	39
(b) Rectangular screened box
Warn socks	3	100	281	50
Control	3	100	290	9
Mbita blend	3	100	289	87
Control	3	100	289	16
Ifakara blend	3	100	282	97
Control	3	100	288	13