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Table 1 Experimental hut data showing the effects of fungal and insecticide treatment combinations on wild Cx. quinquefasciatus; significant p-values are in bold

From: The entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana reduces instantaneous blood feeding in wild multi-insecticide-resistant Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes in Benin, West Africa

Window Treatment

Bednet treatment

Code

N

Mortality at 7 days % (95% CI)

Blood fed % (95% CI)

BFI%

PP%

Blood fed OR (95% CI)

p

Control

Control

CC

207

53.6 (46.8,60.4)

30.4 (24.2,36.7)

-

-

-

-

Control

Permethrin

CP

167

50.9 (43.3,58.2)

17.4 (11.6,23.1)

42.9

19.3

0.53 (0.3,0.9)

0.012

M. anisopliae

Control

MC

177

50.8 (43.3,58.2)

31.6 (24.8,38.5)

-3.9

14.5

1.15 (0.7,1.8)

0.54

M. anisopliae

Permethrin

MP

127

52.8 (44.1,61.4)

15.0 (8.8,21.2)

50.8

38.7

0.58 (0.3,1.0)

0.045

B. bassiana

Control

BC

168

57.7 (50.3,65.2)

19.0 (13.1,25.0)

37.4

18.8

0.58 (0.4,0.9)

0.032

B. bassiana

Permethrin

BP

172

54.1 (46.6,61.5)

17.4 (11.8,23.1)

42.7

16.9

0.53 (0.3,0.9)

0.012

  1. BFI = Blood Feeding Inhibition; PP = Personal Protection; OR = Odds Ratio