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

Table 5 Mosquitoes exiting from experimental huts (n = 36 nights)

	Untreated control	DEET	Lambda-cyhalothrin	Permethrin	Pirimiphos methyl	DDT
*Anopheles arabiensis*
Total females exiting	146	356	341	398	209	262
Exiting rate % (95% CI)	88^a (81–93)	98^b (94–100)	98^b (96–99)	96^b (94–97)	68^c (60–76)	90^a (85–93)
*Culex quinquefasciatus*
Total females exiting	92	108	56	74	52	89
Exiting rate % (95% CI)	84^a (73–92)	92^a (82–97)	90^a (76–97)	88^a (77–94)	68^b (51–82)	89^a (79–95)

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

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