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Table 1 Protective efficiency of standard repellent DEET, extracts of Ocimum suave and Ocimum kilimandscharicum to Anopheles arabiensis in the field evaluation estimated by human landing catch conducted for a total of 64 weeks.

From: Longitudinal evaluation of Ocimum and other plants effects on the feeding behavioral response of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the field in Tanzania

Treatment

% Protection

Anopheles collected

Collections/night (Mean ± SE)

95% CI

OS

91.98

137

2.28 ± 0.499

1.29 – 3.28

OK

89.75

175

2.92 ± 0.726

1.46 – 4.38

DEET

93.44

112

1.87 ± 0.474

0.92 – 2.82

Control

24.82

1284

21.4 ± 2.809

15.78 – 27.02