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Table 4 Pupal productivity and other features of different water containers

From: Aedes aegypti breeding ecology in Guerrero: cross-sectional study of mosquito breeding sites from the baseline for the Camino Verde trial in Mexico

Container type

N

Inside the house (%)

Containing temephos (<2Ìýmonths old)(%)

Covered(%)

Used for drinking and cooking water (%)

Container index (%)

Pupal productivity

Concrete tanks

9358

19.0

40.4

8.2

1.8

8.0

NÌý=Ìý4216

³¾±ð²¹²ÔÌý=Ìý0.451

³§¶ÙÌý=Ìý5.263

50.7%

Barrels/drums

16,717

23.6

17.7

35.0

12.2

4.4

NÌý=Ìý1902

³¾±ð²¹²ÔÌý=Ìý0.114

³§¶ÙÌý=Ìý1.987

22.9%

Plastic tanks

3369

5.1

33.3

85

4.0

1.9

NÌý=Ìý107

³¾±ð²¹²ÔÌý=Ìý0.032

³§¶ÙÌý=Ìý0.536

1.3%

Plastic bottles

1557

68.9

1.2

81.4

70.5

0.7

NÌý=Ìý11

³¾±ð²¹²ÔÌý=Ìý0.007

³§¶ÙÌý=Ìý0.154

0.1%

Buckets

8729

27.0

5.1

25

10.0

2.5

NÌý=Ìý472

³¾±ð²¹²ÔÌý=Ìý0.054

³§¶ÙÌý=Ìý1.181

5.6%

Other water storage containers

4601

18.2

7.0

9.3

9.9

4.6

NÌý=Ìý882

³¾±ð²¹²ÔÌý=Ìý0.19

³§¶ÙÌý=Ìý2.52

10.6%

Discarded articles

618

9.0

24.4

N/A

N/A

9.8

NÌý=Ìý171

³¾±ð²¹²ÔÌý=Ìý0.277

³§¶ÙÌý=Ìý2.94

2.0%

Plant- and flowerpots

204

38.4

5.1

N/A

N/A

14.0

NÌý=Ìý88

³¾±ð²¹²ÔÌý=Ìý0.431

³§¶ÙÌý=Ìý2.507

1.06%

Tyres

213

32.3

2.1

N/A

N/A

7.2

NÌý=Ìý463

³¾±ð²¹²ÔÌý=Ìý2.17

³§¶ÙÌý=Ìý14.14

5.6%

All containers

45,366

23.0

19.5

ÌýÌý

4.7

NÌý=Ìý8312

meanÌý=Ìý0.183

SDÌý=Ìý3.001

  1. Pupa productivity: NÌý=Ìýtotal number of pupas for all containers of that type; meanÌý=Ìýmean number of pupae per container; SDÌý=Ìýstandard deviation of mean; percentageÌý=Ìý(total number of pupae from that container type/overall total number of pupae) × 100