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Table 2 Plant resting preference by Culex spp.: negative binomial regression model results

From: Plant resting site preferences and parity rates among the vectors of Rift Valley Fever in northeastern Kenya

Variables

Mosquito species

 

Cx. pipiens

Cx. univittatus

Cx. poicilipes

Cx. ethiopicus

 

RR (95 % CI)

P

RR (95 % CI)

P

RR (95 % CI)

P

RR (95 % CI)

P

Plant species

        

  D. kilimandscharicum

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

  Commelina forskali

1.02 (0.51–2.11)

0.947

1.09 (0.51–2.11)

0.738

0.65 (0.29–1.47)

0.292

1.03 (0.29–1.47)

0.935

  Salsola kali

0.71 (0.31–1.60)

0.400

0.70 (0.31–1.60)

0.233

0.52 (0.21–1.28)

0.149

1.11 (0.21–1.28)

0.795

  Salvadora persica

0.18 (0.05–0.54)

0.004

0.79 (0.05–0.54)

0.428

0.18 (0.05–0.57)

0.006

1.05 (0.05–0.57)

0.899

  Cadaba ruspolii

0.43 (0.15–1.13)

0.088

1.13 (0.15–1.13)

0.680

0.31 (0.10–0.93)

0.039

0.62 (0.10–0.93)

0.331

  Mollugo nodicaulis

0.63 (0.20–1.99)

0.423

1.18 (0.20–1.99)

0.645

0.63 (0.19–2.14)

0.448

1.59 (0.19–2.14)

0.339

  Cyperus giolii

0.59 (0.16–2.06)

0.398

0.72 (0.16–2.06)

0.449

0.45 (0.11–1.75)

0.245

0.18 (0.11–1.75)

0.112

  Grewia tenax

0.37 (0.07–1.53)

0.190

0.73 (0.07–1.53)

0.490

0.26 (0.04–1.33)

0.123

0.00 (0.04–1.33)

1.000

  Gisekia africana

0.28 (0.01–2.40)

0.281

0.00 (0.01–2.40)

0.999

0.27 (0.01–2.61)

0.283

0.00 (0.01–2.61)

1.000

 Other

1.11 (0.18–8.62)

0.910

0.51 (0.18–8.62)

0.418

1.08 (0.16–9.94)

0.935

1.16 (0.16–9.94)

0.874

Captures from vegetation by season

        

 Rainy season

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Dry season

1.46 (0.87–2.49)

0.152

1.24 (0.87–2.49)

0.229

1.37 (0.77–2.49)

0.268

1.30 (0.77–2.49)

0.310

  1. RR Risk ratio