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Table 3 Comparison of treatments for mortality to drop below 80% and 50% for laboratory, simple hut, and experimental hut bioassays

From: Experimental hut and bioassay evaluation of the residual activity of a polymer-enhanced suspension concentrate (SC-PE) formulation of deltamethrin for IRS use in the control of Anopheles arabiensis

Substrate

Treatment comparison

Difference in estimated time to 80% mortality

Difference in estimated time to 50% mortality

Time (months)

95% CI

P-value

Time (months)

95% CI

P-value

Laboratory Bioassays

Mud

SC-PE 50 vs SC-PE 25

5.0

(4.0 to 6.2)

<0.05

4.2

(3.0 to 5.6)

<0.05

SC-PE 50 vs WG

5.3

(4.4 to 6.3)

<0.05

4.9

(4.0 to 6.2)

<0.05

SC-PE 50 vs DDT

8.2

(7.2 to 9.4)

<0.05

7.4

(6.4 to 8.7)

<0.05

SC-PE 25 vs WG

0.2

(-0.8 to 1.2)

n/s

0.7

(-0.1 to 1.6)

n/s

SC-PE 25 vs DDT

3.2

(2.1 to 4.3)

<0.05

3.2

(2.3 to 4.3)

<0.05

WG vs DDT

2.9

(2.0 to 3.9)

<0.05

2.5

(1.7 to 3.2)

<0.05

Concrete

SC-PE 25 vs WG

0.6

(-1.5 to 2.5)

n/s

†

†

†

SC-PE 25 vs DDT

5.4

(3.8 to 7.3)

<0.05

†

†

†

WG vs DDT

4.8

(3.0 to 6.8)

<0.05

†

†

†

Simple Hut Bioassays

Mud

SC-PE 50 vs SC-PE 25

†

†

†

−1.4

(0.4 to -3.7)

n/s

 

SC-PE 50 vs WG

†

†

†

2.0

(-0.5 to 4.5)

n/s

 

SC-PE 25 vs WG

†

†

†

3.4

(1.6 to 5.9)

<0.05

Concrete

SC-PE 50 vs SC-PE 25

3.2

(1.8 to 4.7)

<0.05

2.3

(0.5 to 4.0)

<0.05

 

SC-PE 50 vs WG

†

†

†

12.6

(10.6 to 15.1)

<0.05

 

SC-PE 25 vs WG

†

†

†

10.3

(8.3 to 13.0)

<0.05

Experimental Hut Bioassays

Mud

SC-PE 25 vs WG

†

†

†

7.5

(4.4 to 13.8)

<0.05

 

SC-PE 25 vs DDT

†

†

†

4.7

(2.6 to 7.2)

<0.05

 

WG vs DDT

†

†

†

−2.8

(-9.9 to 0.5)

n/s

Concrete

SC-PE 25 vs WG

5.7

(1.9 to 11.6)

<0.05

†

†

†

 

SC-PE 25 vs DDT

4.4

(1.3 to 9.5)

<0.05

†

†

†

 

WG vs DDT

−1.2

(-5.9 to 2.4)

n/s

†

†

†

  1. Notes : † indicates that statistical models produced estimates outside the study period.