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Table 3 Mortality of mosquitoes to IRS chemical treatments in experimental huts (n = 36 nights)

From: Indoor residual spraying with microencapsulated DEET repellent (N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide) for control of Anopheles arabiensis and Culex quinquefasciatus

 

Untreated control

DEET

Lambda-cyhalothrin

Permethrin

Pirimiphos methyl

DDT

Anopheles arabiensis

      

Total females dead

13

298

265

319

263

237

Mortality corrected for control (%)

-

74bd

68c

69bc

78d

73bcd

Unfed mortality

9a (5–16)

85bc (75–92)

80b (71–86)

82b (69–90)

88c (82–93)

85bc (77–91)

Blood fed mortality

5a (2–14)

71bc (55–83)

63b (48–76)

59b (37–78)

81c (70–89)

66b (57–74)

Culex quinquefasciatus

      

Total females dead

6

34

27

47

51

70

Mortality corrected for control (%)

-

24b

39bd

51cd

63c

65c

Unfed mortality (95% CI)

4a (1–17)

33b (23–45)

49bc (30–68)

63cd (47–76)

71d (53–85)

77d (65–86)

Blood fed mortality (95% CI)

5a (1–22)

20b (9–41)

32bc (15–55)

29bc (12–57)

55c (26–81)

45c (22–71)

  1. Numbers in the same row sharing a letter superscript do not differ significantly (P > 0.05).