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

Table 3 Deterrence and feeding inhibition rates of Ocimum suave, Ocimum kilimandscharicum, Azadirachta indica, Eucalyptus globules and Lantana camara to An. arabiensis and Cx. quinquefaciatus in experimental huts.

Species	Observed condition	OS		OK		AI		EG		LC		Deterrence comparison
		Hut A	Hut B	Hut A	Hut B	Hut A	Hut B	Hut A	Hut B	Hut A	Hut B
An. arabiensis	Resting Indoors	0	891	04	684	0	784	0	818	39	851	P = 0.07
	Outdoors (WT + VT)	883	101	872	96	902	198	774	92	710	146
	% Deterrence	88.6		88.9		88.0		88.1		79.4
	Unfed	869	171	840	110	879	142	680	104	600	107
	Fed	14	821	32	670	23	850	94	806	149	890
	% Feeding inhibition	98.4	17.2	96.3	14.1	87.9	14.2	68	10.4	60	10.7
Cx. Quinq.	Resting Indoors	11	754	0	280	15	843	0	879	94	790	P = 0.10
	Outdoors (WT + VT)	901	179	620	98	922	120	896	102	698	201
	% Deterrence	80.1		84.2		86.9		86.1		71.2
	Unfed	854	189	570	40	833	180	804	91	185	120
	Fed	47	744	50	215	104	783	92	890	607	871
	% Feeding inhibition	85.4	18.9	91.9	15.7	83.3	18	80.4	9.1	18.5	12

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