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Table 2 Percent mortality at 24 hrs (sample size) of Anopheles gambiae s.ls from Pemba and Unguja exposed to different classes of insecticides over different time periods

From: Challenges for malaria elimination in Zanzibar: pyrethroid resistance in malaria vectors and poor performance of long-lasting insecticide nets

 

Pemba

Unguja

 

June 2010

Dec 2010

April 2011

June 2010

Lambda-cyhalothrin 0.05%

48 (228)

46 (74)

9 (100)

95 (100)

Deltamethrin 0.05%

80 (247)

42 (100)

36 (100)

99 (100)

Permethrin 0.75%

46 (431)

57 (89)

51 (100)

99 (100)

Bendiocarb 0.1%

100 (259)

100 (82)

100 (100)

100 (100)

DDT 4%

-

100 (98)

100 (100)

-

Malathion 5%

-

-

100 (100)

-

Control

2 (325)

0 (111)

0 (150)

0 (100)