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Table 1 Mosquitoes behavior following exposure to linalool agar gels using a 4x4 Latin square design

From: Experimental hut evaluation of linalool spatial repellent agar gel against Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto mosquitoes in a semi-field system in Bagamoyo, Tanzania

Hut treatments

Total released

Total recovered

Total fed

Odds ratio

CI 95%

P-value

% Feeding success

Negative control

400

248

223

1

-

-

90%

Two 0.03% Transfluthrin coil

400

237

43

0.27

(0.11-0.64)

0.003

18%

Two linalool emanators

800

536

350

1.34

(0.65-2.78)

0.427

66%

   

Total dead

   

% Mortality

Negative control

400

248

12

1

-

-

5%

Two 0.03% Transfluthrin coil

400

237

170

6.37

(2.40 – 16.87)

<0.001

72%

Two linalool emanators

800

536

64

1.78

(0.70 – 4.54)

0.23

12%

 

Total alive

Total dead post 24 h

    

% Mortality 24 hrs

Negative control

237

25

 

1

-

-

11%

Two 0.03% Transfluthrin coil

65

12

-

1.65

(0.4 4–6.21)

0.46

18%

Two linalool emanators

275

57

-

2.93

(1.16-7.39)

0.022

21%

  1. Odds ratio, 95% confidence intervals and p-values were obtained from statistical analysis using generalized linear models. Data from the linalool treated huts were aggregated; all treatments were compared to the negative control.