Attraction of the cutaneous leishmaniasis vector Nyssomyia neivai (Diptera: Psychodidae) to host odour components in a wind tunnel

Table 1 Proportion of female N. neivai activated and attracted in the wind tunnel in response to different methods of octenol release

Experiment	Release method	Octenol loaded (released)	Proportion	Proportion
			Activated (%)	Attracted (%)
1	Micro-reaction vial	1 ml (28 mg h^-1)	34/50 (68) ^a	25/50 (50) ^a
2	Micro-reaction vial	1 ml (32 mg h^-1)	38/50 (76) ^a	26/50 (52) ^a
3	Filter paper	200 μl	30/30 (100) ^b	23/30 (83) ^b
4	Filter paper	100 μl	27/30 (90) ^b	19/30 (63) ^b
5	Micro-reaction vial	1 ml (15 mg h^-1)	27/50 (54) ^a	13/50 (26) ^a

^{a b} Different letters within a column indicate significant differences in response towards micro-reaction vials and filter paper.

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