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Table 1 Susceptibility of Ae. aegypt i and Ae. albopictu s larvae to Bti

From: Insecticide susceptibility of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Central Africa

Sample

N

Regression line

Pearson χ2 goodness of fit

LC50

(95% CI)

LC95

(95% CI)

RR50

RR95

Ae. aegypti

       

Garoua

493

Y = 5.67X + 4.15

0.69

0.18

(0.03-0.45)

0.36

(0.30-0.45)

1.00

1.13

Bertoua

498

Y = 3.84X + 2.13

0.62

0.27

(0.19-0.39)

0.75

(0.20-2.77)

1.50

2.34

Yaoundé

252

Y = 8.77X + 5.76

0.27

0.22

(0.20-0.44)

0.34

(0.26-0.44)

1.22

1.06

Bafia

500

Y = 2.99X + 1.75

0.54

0.25

(0.21-0.31)

0.91

(0.17-4.89)

1.39

2.84

Libreville

500

Y = 6.06X + 4.28

0.21

0.19

(0.09-0.24)

0.36

(0.32-0.46)

1.06

1.13

Ae. albopictus

       

Yaoundé

500

Y = 1.91X - 0.04

0.64

0.19

(0.17-0.21)

0.69

(0.26-1.85)

1.05

1.06

Bertoua

477

Y = 16.31X + 9.32

0.94

0.27

(0.25-0.28)

0.34

(0.32-0.40)

1.50

1.13

Buea

375

Y = 3.08X + 2.13

0.51

0.20

(0.10-0.39)

0.69

(0.26-1.85)

1.11

1.06

Reference strain

496

Y = 7.04X + 5.11

0.40

0.18

(0.11-0.22)

0.32

(0.29-0.36)

  
  1. N: Total number of mosquitoes assayed; 50% and 95% lethal concentrations, LC50 and LC95, are expressed in mg/liter; 95%CI: 95% confidence interval; p > 0.05 suggests a well-fitting model, P < 0.05 suggests an invalid model population.